Is there anything like a DIY alternative for electroavtive polymers?
Also, where can I find data on robotic hands motors and gearing?
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A force sensitive resistor could be placed at the tip of a finger, and the amount of pressure applied to it used to control how much the control valve for the finger-bending air muscle is opened. bend your finger slowly and the exoskeleton bends slowly allowing you to keep continuous pressure to the sensor.
Bend your finger quickly and air is let into the muscle much faster, keeping up with your movement. Try to crush something, and a lot of pressure is applied to the sensor making the air muscle strain to give you super-human strength. =P
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They only place I've ever seen actual data from robotic hands complete with specifics about the motors and gearing used is in academic papers. I'd try googling to find universities with someone developing a robotic hand and then check out their publications.
If you type "robotic prosthetic hand" into Google Scholar, it looks like you'll find some info too.
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Yes, they are realted indeed. I hope that it is not just an Ironman 2 induced pipe dream. I came up with this simple yet effective prosthetic (or...HADN STRENGHT AMPLIFIER BWWAHAHAH) and it's controller device but I think that using pneumatic muscles would be ineffective and linear actuators would be bulky. Also, I am from south america, so if a hobbist kit for EAP development is about half a grand over there, I would have to pay that, plus taxes (comically extorsive taxes) shipping...
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