Barrett Hand Barrett Technology, Cambridge, MA

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Barrett HandBarrett Technology, Cambridge, MA
BH8-262
BH8-260

• Innovation
• The BH8-260 grasper is an intelligent, highly
  flexible eight-axis
• gripper that re-configures itself in real
  time to conform securely to a
• wide variety of part shapes, without tool
  change interruptions.

• Commercialization/Accomplishments
• The Barrett Hand BH8-series grasper was showcased
  on the recent cover of
• Machine Design Magazine (February 2001)
  www.machinedesign.com for its unmatched
  versatility, programmability, and ease of
  integration with
• commercial robotic arms.
• The Barrett hand is also sold as part of the
  Barrett Hand SystemTM.. The
• system is a complete turn key (picture
  below), which includes 1kg 3-fingered robotic
  hand, Robot-Arm Adapter, Power Supply Unit, All
  necessary cables, Transparent lab-bench mount,
  All Software (3.5-inch DOS-formatted
  diskette),User manual, Maintenance kit, and
  90-day warranty.
• The firm has been able to sell a multitude of the
  Barrett Hands and Barrett
• Arms as a results of the products they have
  developed for NASA.
• The BarrettHand was featured in a recent Robotics
  Online article weighing the advantages and
  disadvantages of electric, pneumatic, and
  hydraulic
• grippers. Robotics Online is the official
  web site of Robotic Industries Association (RIA).
  RIA is the only trade group in North America
• organized exclusively to promote the
  robotics industry.

• Government/Science Applications
• The integrated arm/wrist/ hand system has many
  other commercial
• and governmental applications. These include
  use in hazardous
• environment such as toxic waste cleanup,
  nuclear power plant
• maintenance, high-voltage, computer assisted
  surgery, or explosives
• disposal.

Johnson Space Center Date of Update 2/6/02
Success Story 9-056
Points of Contact - NASA Jane I. Fox
281-483-4815 - Company robot_at_barrett.com 1992
SBIR Phase II NAS 9-18642