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Human-Centered Electric Prosthetic (Help) Hand, Alonzo Billips, Tehmi Den Braven, Bradon Hong, Seamus Hudnut, Garrett Stone, Taylor Yamane
Human-Centered Electric Prosthetic (Help) Hand, Alonzo Billips, Tehmi Den Braven, Bradon Hong, Seamus Hudnut, Garrett Stone, Taylor Yamane
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In developing countries such as India, there is a higher rate of amputations among the population but a lack of viable, low cost solutions. Through a partnership with Indian non-profit Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS), the team designed a functional, robust, and low cost electrically powered prosthetic hand that communicates with people with unilateral, transradial amputations in urban India through a biointerface. The device uses compliant tendon actuation, small linear servos, and a wearable sleeve outfitted with electromyography (EMG) sensors to produce a device that, once placed inside a prosthetic glove, is anthropomorphic in both look and feel. The …