Kinematics of human hand and robotics applications

Abstract

Human kinematics is very vital to robotics study as it plays a major role in robotic development and advancement. The importance of robotics study and applications in this current era cannot be over emphasized. This paper looks at the human hand kinematics, taking cognizance of the important elements of joint types and number of joints in the human arm, with emphasis on the degree of freedom for mobility purposes. It has highlighted the multi-various capabilities of the human hand and also indicated the limitations, thus throwing more light on the possibility of maximizing these limitations and improving on the mobility and capabilities of the human hand, where new tasks and functions can be defined and robots designed and directed to carry out such functions so as to improve the productivity of its applications in various areas of Engineering. In the light of the above a new direction of research in new tasks definitions and functions are clearly opened.