Building a Human-Like Robotic Hand
A public engineering series documenting the progressive design of a robotic hand through SolidWorks, mechanical reasoning, electronics, and control systems.
The robotic-hand series documents the full learning and building process—from understanding finger geometry to CAD modeling, assemblies, actuation, electronics, and control.
Video Series
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Robotic Hand
Ongoing series
Series purpose
The series treats the robotic hand as a complete engineering system rather than a collection of disconnected parts.
- Understand finger geometry
- Develop parametric CAD models
- Build mechanical assemblies
- Integrate actuation and electronics
- Apply control-system principles
Current progress
The current phase focuses on building the mechanical finger architecture and developing design intent through fully constrained SolidWorks models.
- Fully defined sketches
- Parametric link geometry
- Three-dimensional links
- Assembly planning
- Finger-first system development
Learning through construction
Each episode preserves both the technical result and the reasoning that produced it. Mistakes, changed assumptions, and incomplete understanding remain part of the series.
- Build before complete certainty
- Test design assumptions
- Preserve failed versions
- Use physical performance as evidence