Modeling, Simulation and Control of Prosthetic Hand using SimMechanics

Abstract

In recent years, researches about design and control of prosthetic, orthotics devices have been developed rapidly. Modeling and testing process of these devices requires long time. Matlab/SimMechanics Toolbox is a very effective and easy for modeling and analyzing of mechanical system. This paper presents the multi body simulation, analysis and control of 15 DoF prosthetic hand. Prosthetic hand 3D model is designed using SolidWorks, according to structural of the adult human hand. Hand pattern are demonstrated via MATLAB SimMechanics toolbox. PID controller response for each joints of fingers are presented.