Artifact Details

Title

The Artificial Hand

Catalog Number

102723513

Type

Still image

Description

A part of the The Computer Museum Slide Series Five: Robots

Text from Robot Slide Series insert -
"This hand was developed by Raiko Tomovic at the University of Belgrade, yugoslavia. It was one of the earliest attempts to equip an artificial limb with a sense of touch. The fingertips had pressure-sensitive switches that were activated by contact with an object. On loan from Thomas Callaban, Cambridge, Massachussetts"

Date

ca. 1988

Publisher

The Computer Museum

Place of Publication

Boston, MA

Category

Slide