Postural Hand Synergies during Environmental Constraint Exploitation

• Published in: Frontiers in neurorobotics Vol. 11; p. 41
• Main Authors: Della Santina, Cosimo, Bianchi, Matteo, Averta, Giuseppe, Ciotti, Simone, Arapi, Visar, Fani, Simone, Battaglia, Edoardo, Catalano, Manuel Giuseppe, Santello, Marco, Bicchi, Antonio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Research Foundation 29.08.2017; Frontiers Media S.A
• Subjects: Automation; environment constraint exploitation; Exploitation; Fingerpad; grasping; Hand; Hands; human hand motor control; International conferences; Nervous system; Neuroscience; Neurosciences; postural synergies; Posture; Robotics; Sensory neurons; Spinal cord; tactile perception; Italy; tactile perception; environment constraint exploitation; grasping; human hand motor control; postural synergies

Humans are able to intuitively exploit the shape of an object and environmental constraints to achieve stable grasps and perform dexterous manipulations. In doing that, a vast range of kinematic strategies can be observed. However, in this work we formulate the hypothesis that such ability can be de...