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Dextra

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Dextra

By Alvipe

98
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Dextra

By Alvipe

at 2024-05-02
Dextra is a printable human-sized robotic hand that is being developed as an open-source and affordable alternative to commercial robotic hand prosthesis. Although it has been designed to be used as a prosthesis, this robotic hand can also be used in education, research or more general applications in robotics. The key design points of Dextra are: adaptive grip, compact size, mechanical simplicity and ease of replication. The mechanical design of Dextra is based on the finger module. A finger module comprises a compact linear actuator based on a geared DC micro motor, position feedback provided by a magnetic encoder, and the mechanical printable finger. This module is used in the four fingers of the hand, and the thumb is a variation of the same design. To reduce the size, as well as the mechanical complexity of Dextra, the fingers are underactuated, that is, they have more degrees of freedom (DOF) than actuators. Each finger module has three DOF and one motor, while the thumb has two DOF and one motor. Besides that, the abduction/adduction of the thumb is independently actuated by a servomotor. The motion of the fingers of Dextra is controlled by a position control loop. Each finger is controlled by a PID loop that takes a position setpoint as the input and uses the feedback position measured by a magnetic quadrature encoder to adjust the real position of the DC motor driving the finger. Here are some videos showing how Dextra works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3UU5vtAwHg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz6x0zFXkCc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_VyQa0jCiI More details about the design and operation of Dextra can be found in its hackaday.io project page (https://hackaday.io/project/9890-dextra) and on its Github repository (https://github.com/Alvipe/Dextra.git).

Technical

Printable parts: 5x spool.stl 4x motor_holder.stl 4x proximal.stl 4x middle.stl 4x distal.stl 1x motor_holder_thumb.stl 1x proximal_thumb.stl 1x distal_thumb.stl 1x abductor.stl 1x palm.stl 1x dorsal.stl Motors and electronics: 5x Pololu Micro Metal Gearmotor 1000:1 HP with extended motor shaft 5x DRV8838 Single Brushed DC Motor Driver Carrier 5x Pololu magnetic encoder for Micro Metal Germotors 1x Turnigy TGY-EX5252MG Twin BB Digital Micro Servo 1x Teensy 3.1 Other components: 1x Fishing line spool (0.6 mm max. diameter) 14x M3x14 screw 10x M3x8 screw 2x M3x12 screw 2x M3x12 spacer 26x M3 nut

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Lindsen13
Lindsen13
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Well explored! I recognize the leap taken.

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