Tact: Design and performance of an open-source, affordable, myoelectric prosthetic hand

Patrick Slade; Aadeel Akhtar; Mary Nguyen; Timothy Bretl

ICRA 2015poster133 citations

Tact: Design and performance of an open-source, affordable, myoelectric prosthetic hand

Patrick Slade, Aadeel Akhtar, Mary Nguyen, Timothy Bretl

Abstract

This paper presents the Tact hand—an anthropomorphic, open-source, myoelectric prosthetic hand that was designed for use by people with transradial amputations in developing countries. This hand matches or exceeds the performance of other state-of-the-art myoelectric prosthetic hands, but costs two orders of magnitude less ($250) and is easy to manufacture with a 3D printer and off-the-shelf parts. We describe our design process, evaluate the Tact hand with both qualitative and quantitative measures of performance, and show examples of using this hand to grasp household objects.

BibTeX

@inproceedings{icra2015_tactdesignandper,
  title = {Tact: Design and performance of an open-source, affordable, myoelectric prosthetic hand},
  author = {Patrick Slade and Aadeel Akhtar and Mary Nguyen and Timothy Bretl},
  booktitle = {ICRA 2015},
  year = {2015}
}