Tech Wiz - Sensory Band for Bionic Arm

Inspiration

We are able to do most of the regular tasks without thinking twice. Having a cup of coffee, Having a spoon of cereal, Opening your laptop, Reading this paragraph. But that is not the case in everyone's life. Hemiparesis is a weakness or the inability to move a part of the body, making it hard to perform everyday activities like eating or dressing. Robotics has the potential to change the world, why not use it to improve the regular life of a person. A hemiparesis patient loses their motor coordination and has to depend on other people for the most basic things in life. 8/10 stroke survivors experience Hemiparesis including a majority of children. Why not help them improve their life.

What it does

The Project is a sensory device that will read a human's arm motion and map it to a robotic manipulator's coordinates. The device will be a simple to wear armband which will read the arm's motion and the extent to which the arm is being used. Through that information, we can understand and map the robot exactly the way we want to control it.

How we built it

I used an Arduino Uno, Compass Module, Gyroscope module and a potentiometer to measure the various motions and mapped them to a Homogenous matrix leading to the control of a robotic manipulator

Challenges we ran into

I did not have enough time to make an actual robot and make it wireless. The robotic manipulator that I made is a simple one made of a cardboard box. I was able to make it to such an extent that it shows the working of the sensory band sufficiently

Accomplishments that we're proud of

I was able to put together the band soon enough. I was very doubtful of making it work properly, but finally, here I am with something that works and I am really proud.

What we learned

I learnt a lot about the way Serial Communication works and wireless connection works(though was not able to integrate with the band yet). I also understood a lot about Time Management.

What's next for Tech Wiz - Sensory Band

I would love to reduce the number of wires and design a PCB and set up a proper power supply system for the band. and also develop a proper manipulator that can be used by a hemiparesis patient.

Built With

• arduino
• robotics