A hand for a disaster recovery robot

In summer 2014, I worked at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in their Robotic Vehicles and Manipulators lab. I worked on the design for a so-called Cam Hand for the disaster recovery robot, RoboSimian.

Figure 1: This design was called the Cam Hand since the hand could reach into crevices and expand to grip with a self-locking cam action. This was inspired by the cam tools used by mountain climbers.

Figure 1: This design was called the Cam Hand since the hand could reach into crevices and expand to grip with a self-locking cam action. This was inspired by the cam tools used by mountain climbers.

Here is a video of Principal Investigator Brett Kennedy speaking about the fingers I designed.

Here is a video of RoboSimian at the 2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals, demonstrating dextrous manipulation.

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