Human Prehensile Tail

As we know many different animals have the ability to use their tail in order to maintain balance. So how we decided to approach this idea was taking both human and animals anatomy into account. Factoring in the vertebral anatomy of a human and the disk of each of the areas in the back to design a shape that would sit flush against the back and interact with an individual and their movements. We also factored in the anatomy of a lemur, and spiral shaped tail of a seahorse in order conceptualize the design we wanted. It needed to be a lightweight and have the ability to adjust to an active individual whose is navigating through uneven terrain. This tail design is a safety net that human can use and will be interactive with the human body. Additionally we wanted to add, however don’t have the programing background to add, the aspect of an interactive piece that is motion sensitive. Allowing for motion to be detected and allow the tail to more and help maintain that balance. Some challanges we ran into was obviously functionality. Solidworks isn't nessarily made to have moment rather but put in a fix postions. However using simply hinge and bolt techniques in order to get that back and forth movement.

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• solidworks