Highly movable, sensitive, and powerful: The human hand enables differentiated interaction with the environment. Prostheses help people cope with everyday life and participate in society after having lost their limbs. Reproducing the functions of a hand in a prosthesis true to life is one of the biggest technical challenges. With its solution of this challenge, the company of Vincent Systems established by a staff member of KIT was among the three finalists in the competition for the German President’s Award for Innovation in Science and Technology.
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http://www.deutscher-zukunftspreis.de/en/nominated/2017/team-3