RAPHaEL: Robotic Air-Powered Hand with Elastic Ligaments

lame

masturbation

instead of air, they should use a pair of opposing force electromagnets for each of the knuckles and control the power of the movement through electric current. easier.

Notice how it doesn't break anything it holds.

It probably couldn't. It looks like this model doesn't have a lot of force behind it. You also notice that the can they gave it was empty.

It's a novel method of actuating fingers, using corrugated tubing and compressed air to provide the motion and grasping force. It was designed as a spinoff of the main CHARLI humanoid robot project and was entered in (and won) the Compressed Air and Gas Institute(CAGI)'s Innovation competition. The goal of the project was to provide human like manipulative capabilities at a low cost using compressed air as a power source.

The ring and pinky fingers of the hand does not seem to be as responsive the thumb, index and middle fingers. Good attempt though.

The video is of the first prototype, and there were some issues with the return force in a couple of the fingers, but this was fixed shortly thereafter.

Derekcsy90 - I wonder, are you ring and pinky fingers as responsive as your other three digits? LOL - I get your point though.