Soft Pneumatic Glove for Grasping Power Improvement

Abstract

This paper presents a wearable soft pneumatic glove able to improve the grasping power of human hand. Using the known fabrication methods, the soft bodies are manufactured paper and they are inflated to make their flexion movements by supplying the controlled pneumatic pressure. Ultimately, their movement make the motions of fingers and thumb to strengthen the grasping power. It is expected that the proposed glove can be utilized for the indirect live power-line works in near future. © 2017 IEEE.