Foam Robotic Hand

Dexterous foam robotic hand built at CMU's Robotics Institute in partnership with UPMC orthopaedic surgeons, serving as the end-effector for a surgical retractor-handling demonstrator.

• Designed and fabricated finger mechanisms using foam-based soft fabrication techniques
• Developed tendon-driven actuation for individual finger control
• Integrated actuation hardware and pneumatic/tendon routing into the hand structure
• Built the physical platform for manipulation research and surgical task testing