Festo's ExoHand
From: IEEE Spectrum - 04/27/2012
By: Erico Guizzo

Festo, the big German automation-firm-cum-mad-science-lab, is famous for its
SmartBird robotic seagull and elephant trunk manipulators, among other
things. Last week the company unveiled its latest bionic contraption: the
ExoHand is an exoskeleton glove that you can wear to teleoperate a separate
robot hand in real time. But the cool part is that the device, powered by
eight pneumatic actuators, can also be used to make your hand stronger and
reduce fatigue during repetitive tasks. Festo says the ExoHand could find
applications in manufacturing and medical therapy. 

Read the entire article and view a video (1:53) at:
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/video-friday-festo-exohand-russian-robonaut-and-hugvie-the-huggable-robot

Links:
Festo
http://www.festo.com/cms/en_corp/index.htm

ExoHand – human-machine interaction
http://www.festo.com/cms/en_corp/12713.htm