1. Project Overview
2. Project Images
3. Administrative Information
4. Project Documentation
   1. Planning
   2. Concept Development
   3. Completed Concept Design
   4. Detailed Design
   5. Testing and Refinement
   6. Final Documentation
5. Weekly Deliverables
6. Support Documentation
   1. Mechanical Team
   2. Controls Team
   3. Administrative
   4. Co-Op
7. Team Meetings
8. References

This project is a second generation air muscle artificial limb. The purpose of the limb is to give surgeons a tool to use in surgery. Surgeons need a remote hand that can mimic the movements of the surgeon's hand in microvascular surgery. The project itself consist of a life size arm and an attached hand. The first generation involved completing the arm with air muscles and the first three fingers. The second generation of this project should accomplish the addition of a pinky and a thumb. It is critical to incorporate all directions of freedom of a human hand. The project may eventually be scaled down for micro surgery, as mentioned, or may also be scaled up for hazardous construction/maintenance applications.

Hand Bones [1]

Hand Motion [2]

Project Images

Administrative Information

Planning

Mission Statement

Customer Constraints

Preliminary Risk Assessment

Staffing Requirements

Intellectual Property Considerations

Work Breakdown Structure

Team Values and Norms

Grading and Assessment Scheme

Required Resources

MSD I and II Schedule (Requires MS Project)

MSD I and II Schedule (Requires Adobe Reader)

Concept Development

Target Specifications and Metrics

Competitive Benchmarking

Mechanical Concepts

Electromechanical Controls Concepts

Programming Concepts

System Level Concept

Risk Assessment

Completed Concept Design

Final Specifications

Complete Concept Design

Detailed Design Review

Bill Of Materials (PDF)

Complete System Force Analysis

Formal Test Plan

Testing Plans

Implemented Design

Controls Implementation

Documents/Nodes for MSD II

• Complete Mechanical Design
• Complete Controls Design
• Complete LabView Code Design
• Assessment of Design vs Goals
• Design Risks

Testing and Refinement

Documents/Nodes for MSD II

• Kevlar Cable Testing Results

Final Documentation

Documents/Nodes for MSD II

• Poster
• Conference Paper
• Assembly Plan
• Final Test Plan

Weekly Deliverables

Week 01 -- 2008.09.05 (COMPLETE)

Week 02 -- 2008.09.12 (COMPLETE)

Week 03 -- 2008.09.19 (COMPLETE)

Week 04 -- 2008.09.26 (COMPLETE)

Week 05 -- 2008.10.03 (COMPLETE)

Week 06 -- 2008.10.10 (COMPLETE)

Week 07 -- 2008.10.17 (COMPLETE)

Week 08 -- 2008.10.24 (COMPLETE)

Week 09 -- 2008.10.31 (COMPLETE)

Week 10 -- 2008.11.07 (COMPLETE)

Week 11 -- 2008.11.14 (COMPLETE)

Support Documentation

Mechanical Team

Controls Team

Administrative

Co-Op

Team Meetings

Meeting Notes