In fact, it's probably the one bit of Lego that I get all OCD over, it bothers me when the hands aren't 'right', even when I can't think of a reason for it. If these cookies are not allowed, some or all of these services may not work or may not work properly. Some things require the hand to be sideways, generally in this case I have the flat side on the inside and curved side on the outside of the minifig. Some LEGO® sets contain small parts that are NOT suitable for and may pose a hazard to children under 3 years of age. Industry and hospitals often need to handle and move objects that can be dangerous to touch by hand.

This hand is modelled from the structure of a human hand, the palm being the highlight of this work. The model can be put into a wide variety of realistic hand positions, such as forming a fist, holding up any number of fingers (4 is pictured), snapping, performing the Jedi mind-trick from Star Wars, or even holding small objects like a pencil or a minifigure (no, these wouldn't be included :D). If you keep your wrist straight, what you held would be perpendicular to your forearm, which is how minifigures hold items. I just showed someone, who knows hardly anything about Lego, a minifigure with its hands orientated differently and she said the flat-topped, wider section up hand looked better. It seems that having the large side up when they are holding a tool means that tool is 'active', but when the hands are upside down the tool becomes 'passive'.

First, predict how much pressure the Robot Hand needs to lift the different objects without damaging them. Add to that the fact that I've done it that way for the last 30-odd years and the other way round just looks wrong! Cos I look at my hands and when they are curled the top part is naturally curved and shorter cos of the thumb. Special hands, such as pirate hooks in several different colours and boxing gloves have also been made. I've just given it a try with a minifig holding a goblet, and there's definitely a difference in how "active" the goblet is.

The palm is just solid and flat, unlike a real hand, but I don't think that detracts from the articulation at all, because of the range of movement in the fingers and thumb. The four fingers feature three joints each and the thumb features two joints, just like a real hand. This model acts as a tool to help understand the structural makeup of the palm and achieves this in very few pieces.Just look at every official lego box showing the minifigs, the hands have always been in that orientation. Metal objects and fragile glass containers, for example, are often handled using pneumatic hands or grippers. LEGO, the LEGO logo, the Minifigure, DUPLO, the SPIKE logo, MINDSTORMS and the MINDSTORMS logo are trademarks and/or copyrights of the LEGO Group. Given that the pinky is shorter, and that the thumb is further away from the pinky, I would think that the "fatter" end makes more sense to be the "top" of the hand (pointing up/forward). If these cookies are not permitted, information, content and advertising may be perceived as less relevant.

Experiment by adding different materials to the Robot Hand for a better and safer grip that also causes less damage. The project has taken me about three months to develop and to perfect, and about 85% of the pieces were retrieved from the 42077 Rally Car set. They have been made with a variety of colours and have come with every minifigure from 1978 until 1989, and are still in usage from 1989 to the present time. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.If personal data is also processed by individual cookies implemented by us, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. Other cookies remain on your end device and enable us or our partner companies (third-party cookies) to recognise your browser on your next visit (persistent cookies). The data usage is for personalised functionalities, content and ads, content and ad measurements, as well as to ensure the stability and continuous improvement of our systems and to gain insights into product development and target groups. Build the Robot Hand and investigate what pressure is needed to hold different objects without dropping or crushing them.