Future of prosthetic limbs: Bionic hand “knows” what it’s touching

SS: The new hand features a multi-finger setup made of rubberlike polymers over a rigid, 3D-printed skeleton.

Its three layers of tactile sensors, modeled after the layers of human skin, go beyond simple contact detection to identify textures, shapes, and the precise force needed to pick up various items.

“The goal from the beginning has been to create a prosthetic hand that we model based on the human hand’s physical and sensing capabilities – a more natural prosthetic that functions and feels like a lost limb,” said Sriramana Sankar, a Johns Hopkins biomedical engineer who led the work.

Wonder if anyone has tried to get a handy from one of these yet?