Biomechatronics design of a novel artificial arm
This paper presents a biomechatronic approach to the design and fabrication of an artificial arm, focusing on designing artificial shoulder, biceps, wrist and hand. The proposed design provides a novel tool towards upper limb amputee rehabilitation process. Detail 3D designs of the artificial arm ar...
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2013
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| Online Access: | DOI:10.1109/BMEiCon.2013.6687650 DOI:10.1109/BMEiCon.2013.6687650 |
| Summary: | This paper presents a biomechatronic approach to the
design and fabrication of an artificial arm, focusing on designing
artificial shoulder, biceps, wrist and hand. The proposed design
provides a novel tool towards upper limb amputee rehabilitation
process. Detail 3D designs of the artificial arm are described
including an elbow powered by a car’s power window motor, DC
motor powered wrist and a string actuated Artificial Hand
Gripper (AHG) with 5 artificial fingers which acts as slave
controlled by a Smart Glove (master). The AHG incorporates a
master-slave system which proven suitable for Mirror Visual
Feedback (MVF) therapy experimented on subject towards the
completion of this research. There are many hand prostheses
which is commercially available, however, due to the
disadvantages such as weight, expensive and complex
mechanism, this paper proposed new ideas on problem solving by
providing an artificial arm which gives good cosmetic
appearance, functional, low-cost and users friendly. |
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