"It was not in their blood, It came to them very late, with long arrears to make good the English began to ha..." - wait, wrong Beginnings. Sorry.
In the interest of honesty, I will admit, in the midst of working on UAS autopilot development for the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard, I kind of forgot about writing these blog posts. My bad. Anyways, I'll be recapping what I worked on for the first half of June. Coming into the fellows project, I had a good idea of the course I wanted my project to take. After coming out of it, and having talked to my fellow Severn Fellows, I had a wealth of new ideas and directions to go. After mulling over the specifics of my project, and the potential options and goals to pursue, I set about constructing a requirements list as I do for any major endeavor. The fundamental goal of this project is simple; to make a generic, low-cost myoelectric prosthetic capable of fine and coarse motor control. Practically this means the following: -A complete replacement for the lower arm (below the elbow) being capable of all major joint movements. -A total cost not to exceed $200 per unit (excluding labor). -A mass not to exceed 4kg. -A fast charging, modular and easily maintainable mechanical construction. -Capable of individual finger movements and two axis thumb positioning either through electromyography or motion capture of the opposing hand. -"One size fits all" - i.e. only the socket for mounting the arm to the root of the severed arm should have to be custom fit. Overall, an ambitious project sure. But certainly achievable. In the following posts, more specifics behind my design philosophy and research will follow.
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AuthorMy name is James Falcon Doss. I'm a member of Severn School's class of 2020 and have a passion for all forms of engineering. Archives
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