The Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics at DLR has a long tradition in developing multi-fingered hands, creating novel mechatronic concepts as well as autonomous grasping and manipulation capabilities. The range of hands spans from Rotex, a first two-fingered gripper for space applications, to the highly anthropomorphic Awiwi Hand and variable stiffness end effectors. This video summarizes the developments of DLR in this field over the past 30 years, starting with the Rotex experiment in 1993, and going through the DLR Hand 1, Hand 2, Spacehand, Awiwi hand, and the most recent developments in variable stiffness grippers with the CLASH hand and the hybrid compliant gripper HCG. Watch the video [Source: DLR RM on youtube.com]
