摘要 |
A finger glove for use in strengthening a gripping movement of a human hand enclosed in the glove, wherein the glove has a palm, glove fingers on each side containing an artificial tendon extending along the inside of the glove, a yoke fitted in the tip of the glove fingers intended to surround the tip of an enclosed finger, at each side of said glove finger artificial tendons connected to said yoke, a force detecting sensor adapted to detect a force between a finger enclosed in the glove finger and a contact surface applied to said finger, the artificial tendons for a glove finger being connected to at least one actuator and a control unit causing said actuator to exert a pulling force on the artificial tendons of the glove finger on the basis of a force detected in the force detecting sensor, whereby the finger enclosed in the glove finger is caused to bend. |