3D-Printed Robotic Finger

The goal of this project is to design a 3D-printed robotic finger that can be placed on the wrist or forearm of a user to augment their performance in terms of handling objects and daily living tasks. The finger must be able to change its configuration in terms of position to adapt to desired tasks. This means it should be able to align with the fingers of the user’s hand or be placed at any angle relative to them (i.e., abduction, adduction, and opposition) to accommodate different grasping tasks. The control of the finger will be through a physical interface (i.e., tactile switches) and the user’s intention detection. In other words, an array of surface electromyography (SEMG) will be placed on the forearm and used to decode the desired movement based on a machine learning algorithm.

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