Robotic finger bending (IMAGE)

University of Tokyo

Robotic finger bending

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The main advantage of growing skin on the finger directly is that it’s always going to be a perfect fit so can allow the device to bend easily. If the skin was cut from a flat sheet and adhered to the finger, the imperfect shapes and seams would interfere with the movement.

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©2022 Takeuchi et al.

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