This article surveys the literature on human–robot object handovers. A handover is a
collaborative joint action, where an agent, the giver, gives an object to another agent, the …

Hand movement data acquisition is used in many engineering applications ranging from the
analysis of gestures to the biomedical sciences. Glove-based systems represent one of the …

In this paper, we analyze and compare existing human grasp taxonomies and synthesize
them into a single new taxonomy (dubbed “The GRASP Taxonomy” after the GRASP project …

Gras** and manipulating objects is an important human skill. Since hand-object contact is
fundamental to gras**, capturing it can lead to important insights. However, observing …

The human hand has so many degrees of freedom that it may seem impossible to control. A
potential solution to this problem is “synergy control” which combines dimensionality …

It is well known that ventral premotor area F5 codes the goal of executed and observed
motor acts. This area is anatomically connected with part of the inferior parietal cortex (area …

Prehension, the capacity to reach and grasp, is the key behavior that allows humans to
change their environment. It continues to serve as a remarkable experimental test case for …

Humans spend most of their time interacting with other people. It is the motor organization
subtending these social interactions that forms the main theme of this article. We review …

Skepticism has been expressed concerning the possibility to understand others' intentions
by simply observing their movements: since a number of different intentions may have …

Neuropsychological and neuroimaging data suggest a differential contribution of posterior
parietal regions during the different components of a transitive gesture. Reaching requires …