The aim of this paper is to introduce a novel
rehabilitation/assistive device for the index finger, which has
a compact and light weight design, as well as full control of
each finger¶V joint. Due to the peculiar structure of the
human hand, this device can be used for the other fingers as
well, with the exception of the thumb, which has a different
kinematic configuration. The mechanical design of the
exoskeleton is described in Section II. The design and
performance of a position tracking controller with friction
compensation are presented in Section III and the conclusion
is presented in Section IV.