Advanced dexterous manipulation for IED defeat : report on the feasibility of using the ShadowHand for remote operations.

Technical Report · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1011226· OSTI ID:1011226

Anderson, Robert J

Improvised Explosive Device (IED) defeat (IEDD) operations can involve intricate operations that exceed the current capabilities of the grippers on board current bombsquad robots. The Shadow Dexterous Hand from the Shadow Robot Company or 'ShadowHand' for short (www.shadowrobot.com) is the first commercially available robot hand that realistically replicates the motion, degrees-of-freedom and dimensions of a human hand (Figure 1). In this study we evaluate the potential for the ShadowHand to perform potential IED defeat tasks on a mobile platform.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 1011226
• Report Number(s): SAND2011-0438; TRN: US201109%%321
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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