Human Inspired Dexterity in Robotic Manipulation

Table of Contents

1. Underactuated Hand Exoskeleton-simple, compact and low-cost design to support grasping motion in ADL
2. Human Motor Performance in Robot-Assisted Surgery
3. Approaching human hand dexterity through highly biomimetic design
4. A neural basis of hand muscle synergy
5. Dynamic Manipulation based on thumb opposability
6. Robust grasping and manipulation against uncertainty of sensing information: One of applications of thumb opposability based controller
7. Planning Dexterous Dual-arm M

Authors

Tetsuyou Watanabe Associate Professor, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University. Dr. Watanabe received his Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering in 2003 in the Kyoto University. His research interest include Intelligent mechanics/Mechanical systems with emphasis in Robotics, Robotic hands, Human assist, Medical Engineering. Kensuke Harada Professor, Graduated School of Engineering Science, Osaka University. Kensuke Harada received BS, MS and Doctor degree on Mechanical Engineering from Kyoto University on 1992, 1994 and 1997, respectively. From 1997 to 2002, he worked as a research associate at Hiroshima university. On 2002, he joined National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. For one year from 2005 to 2006, we was a visiting scholar at Computer Science Department of Stanford University. From 2013 to 2016, he was a leader of Vision and Manipulation Research Group of Intelligent Systems Research Institute. From 2016, he has been a Professor of Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University. His research interest includes mechanics, control and motion planning of robotic mechanisms such as robot manipulator, robotic hand and biped humanoid robots. Mitsunori Tada Group Leader, Digital Human Research Group, Human Informatics Research Institute, AIST. Dr. Tada received his Ph.D from Nara Institute of Science and Technology in 2002. In April 2002, he joined Digital Human Laboratory, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, JST CREST Researcher (PD). His researches topics include Fingertip Deformation Measurement for Studies of Human Touch Perception; Development of Optical Force Sensors for Force Sensing in MRI Environments; Incipient Slip Measurement for Studies of Human Grasping Skills.