Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: Now is an exciting time to be in the field of Upper-Limb Prosthetics. Due to the limited\nfunction of current commercially available upper-limb prosthetics and the increased incidence\nof amputation injuries being seen in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF - Afghanistan) and\nOperation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) a number of new initiatives have been put into place to develop\nreplacement arm/hand systems capable of replicating the function of the human arm and hand.\nIn particular, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has a four year\ninitiative, “Revolutionizing prosthetics 2009”. The goal of this program is to develop a\nreplacement arm/hand system capable of enabling soldiers with limb loss from OEF/OIF the\ncapability of returning to service similar to the way those with lower ankle-foot disarticulation\nhave been able to do for years. Led by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics\nLaboratory, the goal of this project is to design a fully functional biomechatronic analog to the\nhuman hand and arm. The device must be capable of duplicating the function of the original\nlimb and withstand the rigors of daily living. Our involvement on this team is to develop robust\nand anthropomorphic hand-wrist prostheses capable of dexterous manipulation suitable for use\nby persons with all levels of trans-radial limb loss. Where as to date most anthropomorphic\nhigh degree of freedom hand manipulators place their actuators in the forearm [8, 9], this paper\ndetails the results of placing the actuators intrinsic to the hand.
Source: DukeSpace (Duke University)
Authors: Richard F. Weir, Margaret Mitchell, Susan L. Clark, G. Puchhammer, Michaël Haslinger, R. Grausenburger, Navendu Kumar, R. Hofbauer, P. Kushnigg, V. Cornelius, M. Eder, H. Eaton, D. Wenstrand
Language: English
Subfield: Biomedical Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W156242717