You’ve seen the smart bionic finger, now check out the PSYONIC Ability Hand, the only multi-touch sensing bionic hand on the market today. Weighing just 470g, all five of its fingers can flex and extend, while the thumb rotates, giving it a 200ms closing speed. It can be charged via USB-C in around 1-hour and a single charge lasts all day.
The Ability Hand is compatible with most third-party electromyographic (EMG) pattern recognition systems and Bluetooth compatible to boot, which enables you to connect the hand to their iOS / Android apps for fine tuning. Most importantly, the Ability Hand’s software is continually updated over-the-air direct from the app. Currently, the PSYONIC Ability Hand retails for between $25,000 – $50,000.
- Build your own awesome, wearable mechanical hand that you operate with your own fingers.
- No motors, no batteries — just the power of air pressure, water, and your own hands!
- Hydraulic pistons enable the mechanical fingers to open and close and grip objects with enough force to lift them. Every finger joint can be adjusted...
The Ability Hand’s anthropomorphic form factor with robust and feature-rich hardware offers an exciting and unique potential to use it as a platform for research in robot learning and dexterous manipulation,” said Mustafa Mukadam, Ph.D., who is working with the Ability Hand at Meta.
