Development of a hand prosthesis based on soft robotics and 3D printing

• Grant number: 19/14099-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: September 01, 2019
• End date: May 31, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Interdisciplinary Subjects
• Principal Investigator: Silvia Lenyra Meirelles Campos Titotto
• Grantee: Gabriel Yuto Munakata
• Host Institution: Centro de Engenharia, Modelagem e Ciências Sociais Aplicadas (CECS). Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC). Ministério da Educação (Brasil). Santo André , SP, Brazil

Abstract

With advances in technology, new mechanisms have emerged to ensure accessibility for people suffering from amputations. In this context, prostheses emerge as a mechanism to improve life quality and present an opportunity to partially maintain mobility and execution of daily tasks. However, the resources used in these prostheses, such as electronics and complex mechanisms, make the easy access to them unfeasible to wide range of disabled people. Therefore, it is necessary to invest in studies that can provide a new mechanism, that not only allows the movement of the device, but also uses more accessible components. Thus, the present project is a biomimetic application of the morphology and kinematics of a human hand in the computational modeling of a pneumatic prosthesis - based on soft robotics and 3D printing, as well as the development of motion simulations, in order to develop a 3D printable prosthesis. In addition, we aim to develop a low cost prosthesis model able to emulate fine movements of the human hand in different environments and situations, providing comfort, accessibility, adaptability and conformability through the use of simpler and most functional systems.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

GABRIEL YUTO MUNAKATA; PLÍNIO RODRIGUES DE OLIVEIRA ZANINI; SILVIA TITOTTO. Biomimetic Applications of Mimosa pudica L. in the Theoretical Development of a Pneumatic Actuator. Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, v. 64, 2022-01-05. (19/14099-5)

MUNAKATA, GABRIEL YUTO; DE OLIVEIRA ZANINI, PLINIO RODRIGUES; TITOTTO, SILVIA. iomimetic Applications of Mimosa pudica L. in the Theoretical Development of a Pneumatic Actuato. Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, v. 64, 2021. (19/14099-5)