Sony patents modular hand exoskeleton with detachable finger parts
Sony describes a wearable robot for the hand that uses a palm base and separate modules for each finger. The finger modules can be attached or removed and include mechanisms to either move the finger or sense its position.
In the filing’s own words
An information processing device includes: an exoskeleton robot worn on a hand of a user; and a controller that controls the exoskeleton robot, the exoskeleton robot including: a palm module fixed to the hand of the user; a finger joint module detachably attached to the palm module; and a fingertip module detachably attached to the finger joint module and fixed to a finger of the user, in which the finger joint module is configured to have at least one of a function of driving the fingertip module or a function of sensing the fingertip module.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An information processing device, comprising: an exoskeleton robot configured to be worn on a hand of a user; and a controller including circuitry configured to control the exoskeleton robot, wherein the exoskeleton robot includes a palm module configured to be fixed to the hand of the user, a finger joint module configured to be detachably attached to the palm module, and a fingertip module configured to be detachably attached to the finger joint module and fixed to a finger of the user, wherein the finger joint module is configured to have at least one of a function of driving the fingertip module or a function of sensing the fingertip module, and wherein the fingertip module includes a body configured to extend along the finger of the user, a band configured to extend from the body in such a manner as to cover a part of the finger of the user, and a holder configured to hold the band, the holder being disposed on a side opposite to the finger of the user across the body.
Facts
- Company
- Sony (Sony Group Corporation)
- Official title
- Information processing device, information processing method, and information processing program
- Patent number
- US12752416B2
- Application number
- 18864280
- Filed
- May 26, 2023
- Granted
- Oct 6, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 19
Classified under
B25J 9/0006 Operations & transportB25J 11/00 Operations & transportG06F 3/014 Physics & computingG06F 3/016 Physics & computingG09B 15/00 Physics & computingG09B 15/06 Physics & computingMore from Sony in Robots & automation
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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