Robot-controlling Glove - Elisabet Delgado Mas

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Progress

• 22.01.03 Sewn glove.
• [Christmas Break]
• 21.12.17 Code and control via bending sensors.
• 21.12.10 Code and control via potentiometres.
• 21.12.03 Order necessary materials. Explore NICO’s code.
• 21.11.26 Redesign of the project using NICO (Neuro-Inspired COmpanion Robot).
• 21.11.20-21 Research of robotic and prosthetic hand 3D models, biomimetism, animatronics, human augmentation.
• 21.11.19 Kick-off meeting & FabLab visit.
• 21.11.10-17 Project Proposal

Note: Date format is yy.mm.dd

Task

• Glove controller
• Robotic hand

Process

Achieved:

Fase 1. Potentiometers controller, v1 prototype (21.12.10)

• Controlling Nico hand with Arduino wooden console

• • video 1
  • video 2
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Fase 2. Minimal glove, v2 prototype (21.12.17)

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Fase 3.0 Wearable (sewn) glove, v3 prototype (22.01.04)

• Sewn glove

Pending:

• Fase 3.1 + Wireless component, v3.1

• Fase 3.2 + Unified box design, v3.2

Links

Basic wireless glove controllers and low-cost robotic hands

• Instructables - InMoov Hand | Arduino
• Instructables - Wooden Hand | Arduino
• Instructables - DIY Hand with Foam | Arduino
• Ada hand (derived from the Dextrus robotic hand, by the Open Hand Project and now Open Bionics).
  • YouTube Demo
  • Components and assembly: https://openbionicslabs.com/obtutorials/ada-v1-assembly
  • Printing: https://openbionicslabs.com/obtutorials/ada-v10-printing-instructions
  • 3D Model: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1294517
• Other glove controllers: https://create.arduino.cc/projecthub/lists/3813874
• Basic principle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9FuPdl3xCE

More advanced prosthetic-like robotic hands

• Applied Physics Lab (Johns Hopkins) - Modular Prosthetic Limb
  • Revolutionizing Prosthetics, program funded by DARPA
• GRAB Lab (Yale) - Highly Biomimetic Anthropomorphic Hand
• YouTube Series by Bill Cogley - Biomimetic Mechatronic Hand

Biomimetic Anthropomorphic

Exo hand

Other ideas

Extra fingers:

• The third Thumb
  • Vimeo Demo

Exo hand:

• Hackstarter - Bionic Wearable Exo Hand
• YouBionic - Bionic Wearable Exo Avatar Hand

Robotic arms:

• https://create.arduino.cc/projecthub/olanpelayo/hand-movement-controlled-robotic-arm-cd3e62
• https://create.arduino.cc/projecthub/zone-team/control-your-roboarm-with-your-smartphone-b61da6

Animatronic Eyes:

• Animatronic Eyeball
• Animatronic Eye Mechanisms, YouTube Series by Bill Cogley
• How To Make Robots Move Smoothly, YouTube Arduino Tutorial by James Burton

+AI:

• OpenAI - Learning Dexterity, robot hand reinforcement learning to manipulate physical objects.