Robot hand and humanoid robot having the same
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1. A control method of a robot hand comprising:
- recognizing, by one or more processors, one of a plurality of pre-postures of a user'"'"'s fingers using a master device;
judging a pre-posture of the robot hand corresponding to the recognized pre-posture of the user'"'"'s fingers, and changing the shape of the robot hand to correspond to the judged pre-posture of the robot hand, the robot hand including finger structures and a rotary joint, the changing including rotating the finger structures via the rotary joint about a longitudinal axis corresponding to a lengthwise direction of the robot hand;
recognizing a gripping motion of the user'"'"'s fingers using the master device; and
executing a gripping motion of the robot hand according to a gripping posture corresponding to the recognized pre-posture of the user'"'"'s fingers.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a control method of a robot hand including recognizing a pre-posture of user'"'"'s fingers using a master device, changing the shape of the robot hand according to the recognized pre-posture, recognizing a gripping motion of the user'"'"'s fingers using the master device, and executing a gripping motion of the robot hand according to a gripping posture corresponding to the recognized pre-posture.
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1. A control method of a robot hand comprising:
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recognizing, by one or more processors, one of a plurality of pre-postures of a user'"'"'s fingers using a master device; judging a pre-posture of the robot hand corresponding to the recognized pre-posture of the user'"'"'s fingers, and changing the shape of the robot hand to correspond to the judged pre-posture of the robot hand, the robot hand including finger structures and a rotary joint, the changing including rotating the finger structures via the rotary joint about a longitudinal axis corresponding to a lengthwise direction of the robot hand; recognizing a gripping motion of the user'"'"'s fingers using the master device; and executing a gripping motion of the robot hand according to a gripping posture corresponding to the recognized pre-posture of the user'"'"'s fingers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 20)
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8. A control method of a robot hand comprising:
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recognizing, by one or more processors, one of a plurality of pre-postures of a user'"'"'s fingers using a master device; judging a pre posture of the robot hand corresponding to the recognized pre-posture of the user'"'"'s fingers and a gripping posture desired by the user from the recognized pre-posture of the user'"'"'s fingers; changing the shape of the robot hand to correspond to the judged pre-posture of the robot hand, the robot hand including finger structures and a rotary joint, the changing including rotating the finger structures via the rotary joint about a longitudinal axis corresponding to a lengthwise direction of the robot hand; recognizing a gripping motion of the user'"'"'s fingers using the master device; and executing a gripping motion of the robot hand according to the judged gripping posture desired by the user. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A control method of a robot hand comprising:
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recognizing, by one or more processors, one of a plurality of pre-postures of a user'"'"'s fingers using a master device; judging a pre-posture of the robot hand corresponding to the recognized pre-posture of the user'"'"'s fingers and changing the shape of the robot hand to correspond to the judged pre-posture of the robot hand, the robot hand including finger structures and a rotary joint, the changing including rotating the finger structures via the rotary joint about a longitudinal axis corresponding to a lengthwise direction of the robot hand; and maintaining the shape of the robot hand when an amount of changing of angles of joints of the user'"'"'s fingers in the recognized pre-posture of the user'"'"'s fingers are smaller than a reference amount of changing. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A control apparatus of a robot hand comprising:
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an input unit configured to receive user motion information; a storage unit configured to store a fixed posture of the robot hand; a controller configured to control the overall operation of the robot hand; and a plurality of driving units configured to drive respective joints of the robot hand, wherein the controller is configured to recognize one of a plurality of pre-postures of a user'"'"'s fingers based on the user motion information, judges a pre-posture of the robot hand corresponding to the recognized pre-posture of the user'"'"'s fingers and controls each of the driving units to drive respective joints of the robot hand to change the shape of the robot hand to correspond to the judged pre-posture of the robot hand, recognizes a gripping motion of the user'"'"'s fingers based on the user motion information and to execute a gripping motion of the robot hand according to a gripping posture corresponding to the recognized pre-posture of the user'"'"'s fingers, the robot hand including finger structures and a rotary joint, the finger structures configured to be rotatable via the rotary joint about a longitudinal axis corresponding to a lengthwise direction of the robot hand. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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