We present here a new concept in design of intelligent self-moving adaptive upper limb prostheses based on a manipulator robot of parallel structure implemented as an octahedral dodecapod. The principles of the robot construction are described, these providing self-driven motion and self-installation on the stump regardless of the level of amputation, high specific rigidity, and reliable grasping of objects regardless of their geometrical shape, size, and the physical properties of the materials of which the objects are made. Examples of the possible applications are presented in physical prosthesis models.
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Translated from Meditsinskaya Tekhnika, Vol. 56, No. 1, Jan.-Feb., 2022, pp. 21-25.
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Sayapin, S.N. Design Principles of an Intelligent Self-Moving Adaptive Upper Limb Prosthesis Based on a Parallel Octahedral Dodecapod Robot. Biomed Eng 56, 29–35 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10527-022-10160-z
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