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This paper presents the design of a robot finger driven by tendons, inspired in the human index finger tendon distribution. The design tries to minimize the number of tendons required, without sacrificing the number of actuated degrees of freedom. In this paper we will take the finger only in the planar position, we will not consider the adduction and abduction movements.
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Alba, D.M., Bacallado, G., Montes, H., Ponticelli, R., Akinfiev, T., Armada, M. (2006). Robotic Finger that Imitates the Human Index Finger in the Number and Distribution of its Tendons. In: Tokhi, M.O., Virk, G.S., Hossain, M.A. (eds) Climbing and Walking Robots. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-26415-9_76
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