DARPA Funded Sandia Robotic Hand Can Disarm Explosives

Sandia National Laboratories along with Stanford University has created a four fingered robotic hand with a high level of modularity and durability. Fingers of the robot are magnetically attached to the robot adding to it's durability. In case the robot crashes into a wall, fingers fall off rather than causing breakage. They can then be reassembled, without causing any damage to the robotic parts. The robot is capable of picking up a detached finger (using rest of the fingers), and resocketing it. Sandia Hand's modularity provides an additional feature of replaceable fingers, which allows the operator to replace robotic fingers by required tools (camera, screwdriver, torch or any other) with a magnetic interface.

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Outer surface of the hand is covered with a gel-like layer which provides it with a secure grip, just like we have! The hand is sensitive enough to perform delicate disarming operations and is capable of disabling explosives or improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The robot is not only durable, dexterous and modular; but also cost effective. The responsibility to cut down the project's cost was given to LUNAR, where the funds are provided by DARPA.

Video below gives a view of the robot :



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