Thanks for your comment, I'm actually really interested in Zhe Xu's designs, and I definitely think the next step for this project is what you're describing. What were you designing hands for if you don't mind me asking?

I made them mostly for robotic purposes as I want to build a whole humanoid robot at some point. There was some interest in prosthetics and I chatted with Openbionics back when they started. I also contributed to what became the Enable hand. Since then life got in the way, but also I've been looking at learning how biology approaches these problems and the pros/cons of biology vs standard engineering. There's a lot of cool research going on in soft robotics and programmable matter which could help us approach the design in a more organic way. There's a lot of ways that biology has made its mechanics optimised for it's role. I mentioned the gripping in the previous message, but there's stuff like passive dynamic walking, which helps explain why humans are much more efficient at walking than a robot like Asimo.

I've had a quick look at your videos, there's some fascinating stuff there particularly with your tensegrity spine, is that something you're still working on? I did this hand as a university project so there was a lot to cram into the year, but after seeing that project by Zhe Xu with the little crocheted joint capsules I've been really interested in that sort of thing. I'd like to be working on a new design now but as you say life is getting in the way haha. Let me know if there's somewhere I can follow your progress on your humanoid robot.

I have no experience in robotics apart from watching other people's work, my experience is mostly in electromagnetics, but i've often thought small electromagnets would be good for muscle/tendon replacements, do you both know of any work done in that area ?

awesome guys

The accuracy of the motion of your hand is mostly down to your brain.

there are already free models online of scanned bones

Thanks, I printed the shell parts in ABS on an FDM printer intending to smooth them with acetone but they were too thin, so it's actually hand-polished.

@@WillCogley I recently watched a Tested video with a lass that built armour, she said that diamond dust Dremel bits are really good for polishing 3D printed parts quickly. Might be a timesaver.

I must have missed that one, interesting. I used Dremel sanding drums to start with but they just sort of melted the plastic. Thanks for another tip haha

@@WillCogley dremels can often do that, if you want to use them on plastic you should look for model making rotary tools, its exactly the same but you can set them much more slower than a dremel (or at least the dremels I own). I had the same exact issue when I started polishing my model cars, I ruined a very beautyful corvette like that

Thanks Todd, I'm really interested in some of those soft robotics designs like the tentacle you mentioned, I'm looking into artificial muscles too. Good luck with your projects :)

Thanks Vlad, I'm glad you like it. Best of luck with your own designs :)

@@WillCogley Thank you

Take a look at mine i designed on my chanel.