Soft Pneumatic Prosthetic Hand

Conventional prosthetic devices are heavy, expensive and rigid. They are complex, fragile and require sophisticated control strategies in order to deal with the grasping and manipulation tasks. In this paper we propose a new pneumatic soft prosthetic hand that is very simple to control due to its compliant structure and cheap in production. It is designed to be easily reshaped and resized to adapt easily to each individual user preferences. It is designed to be frequently changed whenever a child patient require a bigger size or whenever the old one is worn out or broken. Since it is soft and compliant it can be safely used even by small children without a risk of harmful mechanical interaction.