Simplified Hand Configuration for Object Manipulation

  • Authors:
  • Salvador Cobos;Manuel Ferre;Javier Ortego;Miguel Angel Sanchéz-Urán

  • Affiliations:
  • Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain 28006;Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain 28006;Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain 28006;Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain 28006

  • Venue:
  • EuroHaptics '08 Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Haptics: Perception, Devices and Scenarios
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

This work is focused on obtaining realistic human hand models that are suitable for manipulation tasks. Firstly, a 24 DOF kinematic model of the human hand is defined. This model is based on the human skeleton. Intra-finger and inter-finger constraints have been included in order to improve the movement realism. Secondly, two simplified hand descriptions (9 and 6 DOF) have been developed according to the constraints predefined. These simplified models involve some errors in reconstructing the hand posture. These errors are calculated with respect to the 24 DOF model and evaluated according to the hand gestures. Finally, some criteria are defined by which to select the hand description best suited to the features of the manipulation task.