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Economic Prosthetic Hand

Participate to improve the life of amputees. Low-cost prosthetic hand. Try to give some "feelings" with vibration.

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I have printed the prosthetic hand « Flexy Hand 2 » to improve it. I would like to add different sensors on the hand to control it in a more.. way. These would include pressure and temperature sensors to provide further feedback and, for example, prevent from burning yourself with coffee. The main mechanism for this process is connecting the different sensors to an Arduino which would be on  the back of the prosthetic hand. Adding LEDs to visualise the information gathered from sensors and provide tacticle feedback through the use of vibrations. This project is OpenSource to anyone.

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  • 1 × Arduino Uno
  • 1 × A roller of fishing line
  • 1 × Rubber band
  • 1 × Temperature sensor: Thermistor
  • 5 × FSR Pressure sensors: RB-Lyn-624

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Dan DWRobotics wrote 08/07/2017 at 18:27 point

Nice design. Look forward to seeing the mechanics inside!!

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Pauline Chevalin wrote 08/08/2017 at 09:14 point

Thanks a lot! For the moment i'm working on the sensors but after i will work on the mecanism.

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Dan DWRobotics wrote 08/08/2017 at 19:20 point

Will be interesting to see what sensors you are going with and how you incorporate them. A real challenge!

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Pauline Chevalin wrote 08/09/2017 at 09:53 point

I wil use FSR- sensor  for pressure and a thermistor for temperature

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