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Being Creative => Development Showcase => Topic started by: PONTO on April 14, 2009, 19:22:44

Title: Myoelectric arm
Post by: PONTO on April 14, 2009, 19:22:44

There is this little something I and four more people developed at university.
Basically, it's a LEGO arm controlled with muscular signals (myoelectric signals). Took us a hell lot of time and I thought some of you might like to see it. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7bXTrJayNo

Title: Re: Myoelectric arm
Post by: Soron on April 14, 2009, 19:30:25

cool :P
Could you possibly make a support system so you can build on something that looks like a real arm?
It would be awesome

Title: Re: Myoelectric arm
Post by: PONTO on April 14, 2009, 19:42:13

We didn't have the means, knowlege or time to build an actually applicable prosthesis, looking like an arm that could be implemented into a pacient, so we chose to simply demonstrate how such a system would work. This is our final result, we won't be working on it anymore. Besides, this was already very demanding and time consuming and we're still just second degree students. I think what we managed to accomplish was already very good.

Title: Re: Myoelectric arm
Post by: Soron on April 14, 2009, 19:48:38

It's amazing but I was just saying improving the looks  X)
Kinda funny in a way.

Title: Re: Myoelectric arm
Post by: PONTO on April 14, 2009, 19:54:26

I'm sure you now want to cut off an arm just to get to use a myoelectric prosthesis...
:P

Title: Re: Myoelectric arm
Post by: Evil on April 14, 2009, 22:39:37

The little robot looked cute!

Title: Re: Myoelectric arm
Post by: PONTO on April 14, 2009, 22:55:22

We even gave it a name! :)
We called it ArtUR (Artur is the Portuguese equivalente of Arthur.), which stands for "Articula??o Unidireccional Rob?tica" (Portuguese for "Unidirectional Robotic Articulation").

We also thought the idea was nice because it sort of seems like it is pulling the sword from the stone... He's very strong, you know?... XD