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Rolando Brondolin rolando.brondolin@mail.polimi.it

Luca Cerina luca.cerina@mail.polimi.it

Alessandra Fusco alessandra1.fusco@mail.polimi.it

- Extremely expensive~ 10 - 50 k$

- Difficult to customize- Not repairable- Limited device autonomy

Current problems of myoelectric hands

Context

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I) Processing of EMG signal on FPGA

Our Proposal

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II) 3D printed prosthesis*

III) Single finger granularity

• Real-time elaboration• Multiple EMG channels• Scalability

• Reduced production costs• Easy to repair• Customizable

• 5 motors in total• Mechanism adaptable to different gestures• Tendon activation

* Design by InMoov (www.inmoov.fr)

Applicative Domain

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[1] United States of America Congressional Record Vol. 146 Part 9

«Each day 428 individuals lose a limb in the United States only. […]

Most insurance policies cover prosthetics with the stipulation of one

prosthesis per patient for life. Whereas the average prosthesis lasts

between 3 and 5 years.» [1]

Our Open Source project aims at

making functional prosthetic

hands more accessible to

amputees in all developing

countries.

www.enablingthefuture.org

Rolando Brondolin rolando.brondolin@mail.polimi.it

Luca Cerina luca.cerina@mail.polimi.it

Alessandra Fusco alessandra1.fusco@mail.polimi.it

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