Diego technical specifications.
How the hand works, in three parts.
Two sensors read the forearm.
The control pod sits against the skin inside the socket. Flex the muscle and the hand closes. Extend it and the hand opens. You cycle through the grips from the hand.
The parts are printed today and will be moulded later.
Prototypes are SLA printed. The fingers and the palm are being redesigned for injection moulding so that they can be made in volume.
Everything that wears is a separate part.
A prosthetic hand should be more like a good bicycle than a sealed appliance. The fingers, the control pod and the socket each come off on their own.
Overview
- Product
- Diego
- Status
- Pre‑clinical engineering prototype
- Target price
- €5,000
Mechanical
- Digits
- Five
- Fingers
- Self-contained, replaceable units
Grips
- Built in
- Six: fist, hook, and two versions each of tripod and pinch
- Custom
- Set up by the wearer
- Selection
- Cycled from the hand
Control
- Input
- Two-sensor surface EMG pod. Flex to close, extend to open
Sensing
- Senses
- Force and contact
- Sharing with robotics teams
- Opt in, and revocable
Repair
- Finger replacement
- At home, or by your clinic
Manufacture
- Current
- SLA printed
- Planned
- Injection-moulded fingers and palm
Fitting
- Socket design
- ReMould, from an iPhone scan
- Socket fabrication and fitting
- By the clinic
Intellectual property
- Patent
- Pending
Specifications come from engineering prototypes and will change before release.