A three fingered robotic hand with sensitive finger tips

Made:: 1962 in Sheffield University

maker:: Meredith Wooldridge Thring and University of Sheffield

A three fingered robotic hand with sensitive finger tips

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A three fingered robotic hand with sensitive finger tips
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A three fingered robotic hand with sensitive finger tips, made in 1962 by Prof. Thring, as an experimental model for handling symetrical items.

Details

Category:: Human Robotics

Object Number:: 1997-802

Materials:: aluminium and steel and wood

Measurements:: Whole: 17.32283 x 11.02362 x 18.11024 in.; 44 x 28 x 46 cm

type:: robotic hand

credit:: Thring, Meredith Wooldridge

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