USC 'Musician Hand' (IMAGE)

University of Southern California

USC 'Musician Hand'

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The 'Musician Hand' uses four tendon-driven fingers controlled by small electric motors designed to mimic the mechanics of the human hand. Neural networks analyze the sound of a melody and convert it into the motor commands needed to reproduce it.

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USC Viterbi School of Engineering

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