Hardware control system of robotic hands

Control system is a very important component of robotic hands, of which the functions and applications are dominated by it, although very few papers discussed it. A control system can be divided into hardware system and software system and both of them combine to realize the control functions of a robotic hand. With the development of microelectronics technology during the past 30 years, the hardware control system of robotic hands has gained significant progress, which greatly promotes the development of robotic hands. This chapter will first give a brief review of the development of the hardware control system of robotic hands from 1980s to present, and then four different hardware control systems of robotic hands designed by our lab are introduced with detailed descriptions so as to provide more information on the design of hardware control system of robotic hands.