Hi, I'm working on a humanoid robot that needs functional hands. I am not thrilled with any of the 3D printed robot hands that are available out there today. At least, none that I have found yet. Most don't look strong enough to be useful and-or don't look like they can produce a good range of human hand gestures. Many of today's robot hands are actuated by Bowden cables that stick out and can snag on things, add slop, and add maintenance overhead. I know there are some people in this group who have been developing robot hands and who have a lot of experience with them. As I do my research in preparing to design my own solution, I hope to get some feedback. I'll start with creating a thread that lists projects I am aware of. At some point I will post my designs. It would be good to collaborate with others. Maybe we can get a "robot hand focus group" started? There are some good discussions on the telegram channel. In the 'old days' we used to have e-mail lists where threads could easily be sorted. On telegram though, it is sometimes difficult to find earlier discussions. I guess we or I could try summarizing robot hand discussions from the telegram channel here on this forum
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Mike you may want to check this out now because he has released his files.
Excited to see what you come up with buddy looking forward to seeing your demo in near future.
Here is a list of the projects with links I have come across so far. Am I missing anything good? Some of these are designed for animatronics, some as prosthetics, some as research tools, etc. If I couldn't find a name for the project, I tried to use the designer's name. I'm leaving out a number of proprietary expensive prosthetic hands, but they are generally not appropriate as robot hands. Maybe those can be the topic of a separate thread.
InMoov1 https://inmoov.fr/hand-and-forarm/
InMoov2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Md6kMuEXP8
https://inmoov.fr/hand-i2/ YouBionic ('Standard' and 'Pro' versions) https://youtu.be/t-pex-TWGio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb34oa7WGFM
youbionic.com RobotStudio "DexHand" www.dexhand.org
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45Xp-NzN3_I (assembly)
https://github.com/TheRobotStudio/V1.0-Dexhand/tree/main RobotStudio "NanoHand" https://robotnanohand.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ-ouSmt5gw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWeJyduvhwA (assembly)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1imCCd-8iE (clear view of mechanism)
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3648120 Taiwan God Hand (TGH)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwEHHJZqyMQ
https://sites.google.com/view/twgodhand/%E9%96%8B%E6%BA%90-open-source
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95QNjZAw_tI
HandiHand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWqk-h73I90
https://blincdev.ca/
https://github.com/blincdev/HANDi-Hand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGW2DPFdMgE
FrancoisMinez https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jntNC-nq5NE
https://github.com/francoismenez FlexiHand2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpR6rifG20Y
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:380665 ShiraVerdu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWL13vvi94s
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1489003 BrianBrocken
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu_x8T9408U GrossRC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJNDjnWV8Eo
Gonkee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ9g3O3X7dk WillDonaldson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0LA48Sw62k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Md6kMuEXP8 WillCogley - Nilheim Mechatronics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zqZ-izx-7w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iej2jkwU-ts Luxe Gen-6 https://hackaday.io/project/180700-luxe-gen-6 DeusEX
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nnrstBxomk LAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnu8fCbkfTY&t=49s Shadow Hand https://www.shadowrobot.com/