Clone Incorporated has developed an anthropomorphic robotic hand that can grasp objects just like a human using 36 total muscles, complete with a full 27-degrees of freedom, including all joints in the thumb. This is actually the 15th-generation model and durability has been increased from 5,000 cycles to over 650,000, mainly due to all of the metal elements being removed.
This latest version of Clone’s robotic hand also has a decreased muscle diameter, which was necessary to increase the frequency of operation. For those wondering, it does not use off-the-shelf parts, but rather uses bones that have been designed from scratch and manufactured in-house from a new composite made almost entirely from recyclable, cheaply available materials. Let’s just hope that they don’t try growing human tissue on this robotic hand.
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The robot’s hydraulic powering system has been compactified from 8.3 kg for 20 valves to 4.3 kg for 36 valves. The flexible design of the powering system enables it to scale to a Clone Torso, with all tubes and valves fitting neatly inside the skeletal torso. The chemical welding process to assemble the hydraulic power distribution system has been refined for mass production,” said the company.
