This article reports on the state of the art of artificial hands, discussing some of the field's
most important trends and suggesting directions for future research. We review and group …

Nowadays, harvesting delicate and high-value fruits, vegetables, and edible fungi requires a
large input of manual human labor. The relatively low wages and many health problems the …

The term 'synergy'–from the Greek synergia–means 'working together'. The concept of
multiple elements working together towards a common goal has been extensively used in …

Roughly one quarter of active upper limb prosthetic technology is rejected by the user, and
user surveys have identified key areas requiring improvement: function, comfort, cost …

The nuclear industry has some of the most extreme environments in the world, with radiation
levels and extremely harsh conditions restraining human access to many facilities. One …

Soft robots are one of the most significant recent evolutions in robotics. They rely on
compliant physical structures purposefully designed to embody desired characteristics …

Dexterous control of upper limb prostheses with multiarticulated wrists/hands is still a
challenge due to the limitations of myoelectric man-machine interfaces. Multiple factors limit …

The unique musculoskeletal structure of the human hand brings in wider dexterous
capabilities to grasp and manipulate a repertoire of objects than the non-human primates. It …

Humans are able to intuitively exploit the shape of an object and environmental constraints
to achieve stable grasps and perform dexterous manipulations. In doing that, a vast range of …

This article reviews the literature on the design of robotic mechanical grippers, with a focus
on the mechanical aspects, which are believed to be the main bottleneck for effective …