The helping hand
Person with upper limb challenge, always finds hard to do any activity using hands, Using make up tools such as make up brush, lipstick application etc. It is estimated that globally 65 million people live with limb amputations. Some of them have no fingers, some are having Parkinson issues, and some are having short hands. Many of the people are using their foot finger to hold make up brush to apply make-up. There is a need of an accurate hand to help in applying their make-up.
Wipro introduces the helping hand that helps you to apply your make up. The helping hand is a new way to help upper limb challenged person to perform make up by themselves. Here is how it works, the helping hand is a robotic hand which can be controlled by users own foot fingers, the robotic hand will be able to perform all types of movements that a normal hand can do. The device will also have a support structure to hold persons face and have a mobile phone holder in front of the face, the mobile once inserted will automatically launch an app to detect the face and communicate with user via voice commands.
The Foot controlled robotic hand works like a normal hand operation, this has features such as high precision robotic arm control, Moves according to the direction from foot finger movement, Robotic arm will be compatible of all types of make-up brush, Lips stick etc. A mobile holder can be kept in front of the face holder to guide the person on make up using mobile app, App has features such as Beauty guide, make up detection, Options on various type of makeup and lips sticks that suits them. The Camera detects the face and based on its complexion, Audio and display, It suggests few suitable make up options.
The helping hand can be very useful when people having challenges in their Upper limbs and Parkinson issues. The Robotic hand will be more safe to use as it is controlled by users own foot finger. This Wipro engineering solution is the ultimate companion for the make-up activity.
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