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Chapter 2. Prehension

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Appendix D - Prosthetic and Robotic Hands 421<br />

Figure D.3 The Belgrade/USC hand. It consists of four fingers and<br />

one thumb. The four fingers have one degree of freedom generated<br />

from three coupled degrees of freedom at the joints. The thumb has<br />

two degrees of freedom, allowing for flexion/extension and<br />

adduction/abduction (from Bekey et al., 1990; reprinted by<br />

permission).

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