ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,680, issued on Sept. 15.
"Finger joint transmission mechanism of anthropomorphic robot hand" was invented by Yisi Zhang (Bundoora, Australia) and Eric Huwald (Bundoora, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A finger joint transmission mechanism of an anthropomorphic robot hand includes a first finger segment and a second finger segment that are pivotally connected to each other. A toothed rack in an arc shape is provided at the joint of the first finger segment and the second finger segment. The second finger segment has a power device and an inclined transmission unit therein. The transmission unit meshes with the toothed rack o...