![Cheaper, Faster, Better: The Plan to Build an Open Source Prosthetic Hand](https://hight3ch.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cheaper-faster-better-the-plan-t.jpg)
The Open Hand Project began when a engineer named Joel Gibbard quit his robotics job and moved in with his parents to focus on developing a cheap, fast robotic hand. Gibbard has spent almost five years on his prototype, called Dextrus, which can be built for under $1500 (compared to tens of thousands of dollars for custom hands) and which is different from conventional prosthetics in a few ways.