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Sensor Updates For Bigheaded Carp-Tracking Autonomous Boat, Jordan Kaufmann
Sensor Updates For Bigheaded Carp-Tracking Autonomous Boat, Jordan Kaufmann
Honors College Theses
Bigheaded carp are an invasive species that overpopulate and compete with the native species of Kentucky Lake as well as many other North American aquatic ecosystems. The movement patterns of Bigheaded carp are being studied nationwide by the United States Geological Survey and multiple universities. These studies ultimately seek to control their spread and reduce or reverse the ecosystem destabilization caused by this invasive species. Such studies are currently conducted manually on Kentucky Lake by graduate students affiliated with the Murray State University (MSU) Biology Department and Hancock Biological Station, and these manual studies are an arduous and time-consuming effort. …
Structure And Movement Design To Build A Functional Prosthetic Hand, John Campbell
Structure And Movement Design To Build A Functional Prosthetic Hand, John Campbell
Honors College Theses
This project aims to create a functional prosthetic hand that will improve upon the previous design for this project. The previous design included four fingers which were moved using a four-bar linkage and slider crank mechanism in combination with a linear actuator to move all four fingers in unison. Two servo motors were used to create an opposable thumb that could be used to grasp objects. Movement of the prosthetic hand was activated using a signal received from a myoelectric sensor. The goal of this project is to study this design and attempt to upgrade the prosthetic hand utilizing a …