Controlling a Below-the-Elbow Prosthetic Arm Using the Infinity Foot Controller
Nowadays there are various prosthetic arm designs in the literature, the market, and CAD design websites, with different shapes, sizes, and degrees of freedom. Only limited options are available for controlling such prostheses. Prosthetic arm users reported muscle fatigue and unreliability when usin...
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| author | Peter L. Bishay Jack Wilgus RunRun Chen Diego Valenzuela Victor Medina Calvin Tan Taylor Ittner Miguel Caldera Cristina Rubalcava Shaghik Safarian Gerbert Funes Alfaro Alfredo Gonzalez-Martinez Matthew Gosparini Jose Fuentes-Perez Andy Lima Jonnathan Villalobos Abrahan Solis |
| author_facet | Peter L. Bishay Jack Wilgus RunRun Chen Diego Valenzuela Victor Medina Calvin Tan Taylor Ittner Miguel Caldera Cristina Rubalcava Shaghik Safarian Gerbert Funes Alfaro Alfredo Gonzalez-Martinez Matthew Gosparini Jose Fuentes-Perez Andy Lima Jonnathan Villalobos Abrahan Solis |
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| description | Nowadays there are various prosthetic arm designs in the literature, the market, and CAD design websites, with different shapes, sizes, and degrees of freedom. Only limited options are available for controlling such prostheses. Prosthetic arm users reported muscle fatigue and unreliability when using the market-dominated myoelectric sensors. This work presents the “Infinity Foot Controller” as a new approach to control a five-finger below-the-elbow prosthetic arm with wrist rotation and bending capabilities. This foot control system receives user input from a custom insole and a sensor-controller unit placed alongside the user’s shoe to perform various hand grips, gestures, and/or rotations. To demonstrate the new foot controller, a design of a 3D-printed below-the-elbow prosthetic arm, called the “Infinity Arm”, is presented. This arm is suitable for gripping relatively lightweight objects and making hand gestures. It includes a wrist actuation system that permits 120° wrist rotation and 70° wrist extension and flexion. It also includes a haptic feedback system that utilizes fingertip force sensors to relay a vibratory response in an armband placed on the user’s arm, giving the user a sense of touch. A proof-of-concept model was built to demonstrate the system and a testing procedure was proposed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d61dadf63a7d4f2ca50a7ca4856934762023-12-22T14:37:53ZengMDPI AGProsthesis2673-15922023-11-01541206123110.3390/prosthesis5040084Controlling a Below-the-Elbow Prosthetic Arm Using the Infinity Foot ControllerPeter L. Bishay0Jack Wilgus1RunRun Chen2Diego Valenzuela3Victor Medina4Calvin Tan5Taylor Ittner6Miguel Caldera7Cristina Rubalcava8Shaghik Safarian9Gerbert Funes Alfaro10Alfredo Gonzalez-Martinez11Matthew Gosparini12Jose Fuentes-Perez13Andy Lima14Jonnathan Villalobos15Abrahan Solis16Department of Mechanical Engineering, California State University, Northridge, CA 91330, USADepartment of Mechanical Engineering, California State University, Northridge, CA 91330, USADepartment of Mechanical Engineering, California State University, Northridge, CA 91330, USADepartment of Mechanical Engineering, California State University, Northridge, CA 91330, USADepartment of Mechanical Engineering, California State University, Northridge, CA 91330, USADepartment of Mechanical Engineering, California State University, Northridge, CA 91330, USADepartment of Mechanical Engineering, California State University, Northridge, CA 91330, USADepartment of Mechanical Engineering, California State University, Northridge, CA 91330, USADepartment of Mechanical Engineering, California State University, Northridge, CA 91330, USADepartment of Mechanical Engineering, California State University, Northridge, CA 91330, USADepartment of Mechanical Engineering, California State University, Northridge, CA 91330, USADepartment of Mechanical Engineering, California State University, Northridge, CA 91330, USADepartment of Mechanical Engineering, California State University, Northridge, CA 91330, USADepartment of Mechanical Engineering, California State University, Northridge, CA 91330, USADepartment of Mechanical Engineering, California State University, Northridge, CA 91330, USADepartment of Mechanical Engineering, California State University, Northridge, CA 91330, USADepartment of Mechanical Engineering, California State University, Northridge, CA 91330, USANowadays there are various prosthetic arm designs in the literature, the market, and CAD design websites, with different shapes, sizes, and degrees of freedom. Only limited options are available for controlling such prostheses. Prosthetic arm users reported muscle fatigue and unreliability when using the market-dominated myoelectric sensors. This work presents the “Infinity Foot Controller” as a new approach to control a five-finger below-the-elbow prosthetic arm with wrist rotation and bending capabilities. This foot control system receives user input from a custom insole and a sensor-controller unit placed alongside the user’s shoe to perform various hand grips, gestures, and/or rotations. To demonstrate the new foot controller, a design of a 3D-printed below-the-elbow prosthetic arm, called the “Infinity Arm”, is presented. This arm is suitable for gripping relatively lightweight objects and making hand gestures. It includes a wrist actuation system that permits 120° wrist rotation and 70° wrist extension and flexion. It also includes a haptic feedback system that utilizes fingertip force sensors to relay a vibratory response in an armband placed on the user’s arm, giving the user a sense of touch. A proof-of-concept model was built to demonstrate the system and a testing procedure was proposed.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-1592/5/4/84foot controllerwrist bending and rotationhaptic feedback |
| spellingShingle | Peter L. Bishay Jack Wilgus RunRun Chen Diego Valenzuela Victor Medina Calvin Tan Taylor Ittner Miguel Caldera Cristina Rubalcava Shaghik Safarian Gerbert Funes Alfaro Alfredo Gonzalez-Martinez Matthew Gosparini Jose Fuentes-Perez Andy Lima Jonnathan Villalobos Abrahan Solis Controlling a Below-the-Elbow Prosthetic Arm Using the Infinity Foot Controller Prosthesis foot controller wrist bending and rotation haptic feedback |
| title | Controlling a Below-the-Elbow Prosthetic Arm Using the Infinity Foot Controller |
| title_full | Controlling a Below-the-Elbow Prosthetic Arm Using the Infinity Foot Controller |
| title_fullStr | Controlling a Below-the-Elbow Prosthetic Arm Using the Infinity Foot Controller |
| title_full_unstemmed | Controlling a Below-the-Elbow Prosthetic Arm Using the Infinity Foot Controller |
| title_short | Controlling a Below-the-Elbow Prosthetic Arm Using the Infinity Foot Controller |
| title_sort | controlling a below the elbow prosthetic arm using the infinity foot controller |
| topic | foot controller wrist bending and rotation haptic feedback |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2673-1592/5/4/84 |
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