Stroke affects 600,000 people annually who are left with weakened limbs and hands. Repetitive hand movement is often used as a rehabilitation technique in order to regain hand movement and strength. In order to facilitate recovery, a robotic glove was designed to aid in the movement and coordination of grip exercises. This glove uses a cable system to open and close a patient’s hand,actuated by servomotors mounted in a 13lbs backpack. The glove can be controlled in terms of finger position and grip force through switch interface, software program, or myoelectric signal. This project developed a working prototype of the rehabilitative robotic glove which actuates the fingers over a full range of motion across one degrees-of-freedom, and is capable of generating a maximum 15N grip force.

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Creator

• Fischer, Sarah Anne
• Martinez Luna, Carlos Humberto
• Delph, Michael Alfred
• Gauthier, Philip Walter

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042512-143542

Advisor

• Clancy, Edward A.
• Fischer, Gregory S.

Year

• 2012

Date created

• 2012-04-25

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Electrical & Computer Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Robotics Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright