#  Testing and Performance 

 



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The robotic hand was not designed to meet a specific set of requirements or capabilities. Rather, the idea was to create a soft robotics project that would be accessible to a wider audience. Performance of the soft robotic hand has been acceptable, based on the goals of the project.

- Keep the project low cost
- Use easily available materials
- Use techniques that most hobbyists would find not too difficult

The resulting design was [published](http://www.popsci.com/build-soft-robot-hand) in the May issue of Popular Science.

The video below demonstrates the hand and control board operation.



 

The following subsections will discuss performance observations of the individual actuators, the hand as a whole, and the control board.