ʻO nā lima kaulike (a i ʻole nā lima manipulator kaulike) he mau mīkini me kahi lima manipulator paʻa i hoʻolālā ʻia e hāpai i nā ukana nui a kaumaha. Hoʻohana ʻia lākou e ka mana pneumatic a hoʻohana lima ʻia, e ʻae ana i nā hana maʻalahi a pololei no ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā ʻāpana. He haʻahaʻa ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o kēia ʻōnaehana a manaʻo ʻia he kaumaha ʻole i ka mea hoʻohana, e ʻae ana iā lākou e hāpai a hoʻokele i nā ukana nui me ka hana liʻiliʻi.
ʻO ka hiki i nā lima kaulike ke hoʻoneʻe i nā ʻāpana ma waho o ko lākou kikowaena o ke kaumaha e hana i ka mana kūpono o ka ukana, me ka nānā ʻole i kona nui a i ʻole ke kaumaha. Lawe ka manipulator i ke kaumaha o ka ukana mai ka mea hoʻohana a hiki ke hāʻawi i ka paʻa pololei a me ka neʻe no ka hāpai ʻana, hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana, a me ka lawe ʻana i nā ʻāpana ma kahi āu e makemake ai.
Loaʻa i nā lima kaulike nā ʻano hana like ʻole ma nā ʻoihana āpau a hiki ke hoʻolako ʻia ma ke ʻano he hāmeʻa hāpai wale nō, a i ʻole ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kahi hopena turnkey me kahi mea paʻa i hana kūikawā ʻia e ʻae ai i nā hoʻohuli a me nā hana paʻakikī.