{"id":3565,"date":"2022-01-31T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/?p=3565"},"modified":"2022-03-07T07:19:21","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T07:19:21","slug":"new-ilda-robotic-hand-combines-delicacy-and-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/new-ilda-robotic-hand-combines-delicacy-and-strength\/","title":{"rendered":"New \u201cILDA\u201d Robotic Hand Combines Delicacy and Strength"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Coming as the latest in a long string of new developments in the field of robotics, a novel development from scientists in Ajou University now seems set to follow the footsteps left by <a href=\"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/scientists-made-soft-robots-by-blowing-them-up-like-bubbles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the \u201csoft\u201d robots <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/rolling-fingers-robot-can-rotate-what-its-holding-without-letting-it-go\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the \u201crolling fingers\u201d robot<\/a>, both from earlier last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new robotics project, named the <em>integrated linkage-driven dexterous anthropomorphic<\/em> (ILDA) hand and published in the journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-021-27261-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Nature Communications<\/em><\/a>, is now set to receive further design updates and developments to allow its use in both prosthetics and general robots. The project is spearheaded by Uikyum Kim, from Ajou University\u2019s Department of Mechanical Engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Motions of the ILDA hand\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bpffSXd320I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption> The ILDA hand is a project of South Korea\u2019s Ajou University and is capable of dexterous movement thanks to the technology within its internals. (NPG Press, 2022) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The robot hand itself, which is made of a combination of steel and aluminum, clocks in at just under 1.2 kg (2.5 lbs) and some 21.6 cm (8.5 in) in length. It has some twenty (20) joints, as well as metal \u201ctendons,\u201d which work together to give the robot its signature dexterity and strength\u2014the latter of which it easily demonstrated by lifting a dumbbell that weighed some 18 kg (40 lbs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Kim and the team, the ILDA hand is capable of feats such as picking up eggs without breaking them, pouring drinks, and crushing cans, among others. It is also known to be a bit durable, with the robotic hand having demonstrated a negligible loss in strength as it held down a sensor using its fingers for 30 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Handling small objects using tweezers\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7X3iCkf_YAM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption> Another video from NPG Press shows the ILDA hand\u2019s dexterity. (NPG Press, 2022) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Said Kim to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2301641-robotic-hand-can-crush-beer-cans-and-hold-eggs-without-breaking-them\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Scientist<\/a>: &#8220;The greatest strength of the developed robotic hand is that it is very easy to attach to existing commercial robot arms while having both strong grip and delicacy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soon after making some proposed adjustments to the hand to allow its use in the field of prosthetics, the team also hopes to develop an \u201cartificial skin,\u201d which may allow it to replicate the sensation of human touch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"references\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">References<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Kim, U., Jung, D., Jeong, H., Park, J., Jung, H.-M., Cheong, J., Choi, H. R., Do, H., &amp; Park, C. (2021). Integrated linkage-driven dexterous anthropomorphic robotic hand. <em>Nature Communications<\/em>, <em>12<\/em>(1), 7177. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-021-27261-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-021-27261-0<\/a><\/li><li>N\u00fa\u00f1ez-Torr\u00f3n, A., &amp; Rennolds, N. (2022, January 7). <em>This robotic hand is precise enough to move a microchip with tweezers<\/em>. ScienceAlert. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/this-robotic-hand-is-strong-enough-to-crush-a-can-and-precise-enough-to-move-a-microchip-with-tweezers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/this-robotic-hand-is-strong-enough-to-crush-a-can-and-precise-enough-to-move-a-microchip-with-tweezers<\/a><\/li><li>Wong, C. (2021, December 14). <em>Robotic hand can crush beer cans and hold eggs without breaking them<\/em>. New Scientist. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2301641-robotic-hand-can-crush-beer-cans-and-hold-eggs-without-breaking-them\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2301641-robotic-hand-can-crush-beer-cans-and-hold-eggs-without-breaking-them\/<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Coming as the latest in a long string of new developments in the field of robotics, a novel&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,16],"tags":[363,370],"class_list":{"0":"post-3565","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-engineering","8":"category-tech","9":"tag-robot","10":"tag-robotics","11":"cs-entry","12":"cs-video-wrap"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3565"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3567,"href":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3565\/revisions\/3567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}