Journal article 627 views 68 downloads
Design of a Two-DOFs Driving Mechanism for a Motion-Assisted Finger Exoskeleton
,
Eike Christian Gerding,
Burkard Corves ,
Daniele Cafolla ,
Matteo Russo,
Marco Ceccarelli
Applied Sciences, Volume: 10, Issue: 7, Start page: 2619
Swansea University Author:
Daniele Cafolla
-
PDF | Version of Record
© 2020 by the authors. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license
Download (7.42MB)
DOI (Published version): 10.3390/app10072619
Abstract
This paper presents a novel exoskeleton mechanism for finger motion assistance. The exoskeleton is designed as a serial 2-degrees-of-freedom wearable mechanism that is able to guide human finger motion. The design process starts by analyzing the motion of healthy human fingers by video motion tracki...
| Published in: | Applied Sciences |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 2076-3417 |
| Published: |
MDPI AG
2020
|
| Online Access: |
Check full text
|
| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62501 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| Abstract: |
This paper presents a novel exoskeleton mechanism for finger motion assistance. The exoskeleton is designed as a serial 2-degrees-of-freedom wearable mechanism that is able to guide human finger motion. The design process starts by analyzing the motion of healthy human fingers by video motion tracking. The experimental data are used to obtain the kinematics of a human finger. Then, a graphic/geometric synthesis procedure is implemented for achieving the dimensional synthesis of the proposed novel 2 degrees of freedom linkage mechanism for the finger exoskeleton. The proposed linkage mechanism can drive the three finger phalanxes by using two independent actuators that are both installed on the back of the hand palm. A prototype is designed based on the proposed design by using additive manufacturing. Results of numerical simulations and experimental tests are reported and discussed to prove the feasibility and the operational effectiveness of the proposed design solution that can assist a wide range of finger motions with proper adaptability to a variety of human fingers. |
|---|---|
| Keywords: |
bionic mechanism design; synthesis; exoskeleton; finger motion rehabilitation |
| College: |
Faculty of Science and Engineering |
| Issue: |
7 |
| Start Page: |
2619 |