This project is fresh and so developments are still being made, but having said that when have i ever been able to hold my projects away from everyone here:
The design of the metacarpals for the ring finger and pinky are quite different than other robotic hands… looks like it might provide much more realistic motion too.
akdabaous:
For the wrist i was thinking of using either “ball joint” or “direct point of rotation.” im still thinking on that one.
CBenson:
Yes im hoping the extra DOF will allow for the hand to cup or curl as our real hands do, allowing for more dexterity. also the exta DOF for the thumb is also added.
As you can see there is still the end of the thumb to model but you get the idea.
Thank you… Still working on the wrist casing but need to configure the best way to actuate the wrist…?
I will be placing the hand on top of the same servo control tower i used for the Owl Project.
With the current design 'all 8 servos with in the casing will already be used up to actuate the fingers… so im thinking in order to get the wrist working i could add the servos either to the underside of the top plate on the servo control tower and use control rods, Or have the servos external using direct wrist control?
Also i may redesign the wrist as i feel the ball joint may restrict the control cables running into the hand.
Due to limited servos (up to eight) in the tower i have opted to combine some of the fingers (pinky and ring finger).
Also for the same reasons i have gone for the 1 DOF wrist (as originally intended by the client as they only require it to hand out business cards anyway, via manual loading)
Your the man for the job Eric. anytime you want to ship over an Orange laser-cut servos tower you know where i am. you have the design files so there is no excuse. (except you require the laser cutter)
