OK, let's get started. I'm Dan Maloney, I'll be the moderator today. I want to welcome everyone to the Hack Chat today, especially our host, @Will Cogley, who does some really cool stuff with animatronics. Will, can you tell us a little about your background...
Will Cogley12:36 PMwould the object being touched need to be conductive though? Yeah, and it'd get pretty grubby pretty quickly Matt Michalka12:36 PMhttps://singularityhub.com/2019/06/03/these-10-sensor-packed-gloves-could-give-robots-a-sense-of-touch/...
After a comprehensive selection process, we are proud to present our 2020 Dream Teams! Follow along each team's journey through their project pages linked here: Conservation X Labs Oluwatobi Oyinlola Embedded Systems Engineer and InventorNigeria,...
The human hand is one of the most complex structures of the human body and Nature’s most versatile and dexterous end-effector. Roboticists have always been inspired by the human hand, and they constantly seek new ways of transferring the...
A Body Powered Exoskeleton Glove The body-powered exo-glove was designed to enhance the grasping capabilities of the user, providing easiness and intuitiveness of operation, with long autonomy, low maintenance, and low cost. The device consists of four...
With the spread of intelligent robotic agents, numerous robotic platforms have been developed and disseminated in an open-source manner to allow replication by others in robotics education and research [7], [8]. Even though considerable progress...
Prior to collaborating on this project's challenge, I have been working on using Brain-Computer Interfaces for Smart Home control for people with locked-in syndrome. Smart homes have been an active area of research, however despite considerable...
Dan MaloneyApr-13 12:00 PMHello everyone, welcome to the Hack Chat. I'm Dan, I'll be moderating today along with Dusan as we talk about the 2022 Hackaday Prize with Majenta Strongheart. Dave BlundellApr-13 12:00 PMha_proxy is another good way of doing...
The interest on bionics first shined through when I came across a TED talk video of Dr. Hugh Herr on 2014/15. Hugh, who is a bilateral amputee and a professor at the MIT tells his story. It is immensely inspiring how he took on his life after the accident....
As shown in the concept image, the prosthesis was to be manufactured using a 30x30 mm aluminum extrusion as the main structure, and 3D printed components around it to hold everything together. This had numerous advantages, such as ease of assembly and...
Assembling the prototype was the last step to transition into the control side of things. Although I have been designing the control scheme since the beginning, the real tests are about to come. More on this on a future log.The assembly consisted of...
A central part of this project. How is the prosthesis controlled? How does the user have to interact with it? Typical control systems Typically, intelligent prostheses use a range of sensors including IMUs, load cells and sEMG. The cheapest of these...
To avoid compromising the safety of anyone external to the project, I performed the tests myself using a splint. The splint was made out of aluminum extrusion and 3D printed PLA+, using the same nylon stars as the data capturing device. This enabled...
When we started making uMyo, one of the concepts was relative ease of use, for a wider range of possibilities. Because EMG is often perceived as something medical, prostheses, rehabilitation. We wanted to add more variety and application possibilities...
The trained model had a Mean Average Error (MAE) value of approximately 25, equating to a 12% error rate. Despite the challenges, the model was able to make real-time predictions, demonstrating its potential for a significant impact on the prosthetic...