Mechanical Design of a Haptic Hand Exoskeleton for Tele-Exploration of Explosive Devices

Abstract

There are tasks such as remote exploration and manipulation of explosive objects where high dexterity, accuracy, and practicality are necessary. The proposed haptic hand exoskeleton design uses displacement sensors in both flexion-deflection as well as abduction-adduction to replicate the operator's main three fingers' motion and teleoperate a slave robotic hand for disassembling and disposal of explosive objects. The novel design, component selection, and computer-aided design of the haptic virtual prototype were developed and tested.