Primary Recipient

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY

Amount

$515,079.00

Award Date

8/08/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

Robot hands are usually simple, with just two or three fingers, perhaps a single actuator, and most often no sensors at all. These simple hands are also very specific in their function, such as picking up a specific part. Research on more general robot ha