Jacek Szkopek, PhD student of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Automation at the Gdańsk University of Technology created an anthropomorphic gripper driven by pneumatic muscles. His work won the third award in the 9th Competition for the Siemens Award for Graduates in Automation and Robotics.

The design of the gripper, made in 3D printing technology, reflects the anatomical structure of the human hand, and, above all, its skeletal system. The system of tendons, which has been guided inside the phalanges, allows bending and straightening of individual joints. Also, artificial muscles with appropriate tendons constitute a drive system.

– Biomimic solutions are gaining more and more popularity. My design allows you to manipulate objects of various shapes and artistic properties, and at the same time it is fully adapted to research on technical solutions, from mechanics to control algorithms.
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