Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Week 2- Constructing Project Proposal

Since our group is aiming to assist individuals with hand tremors, we thought we would look into real people experiencing hand tremors in order to design our product accordingly. From these videos, we decided to focus on minimizing shaking due to hand tremors, and assist individuals to grasp objects and perform daily activities more efficiently.








The man notes it is very difficult to grip objects. For example he has trouble keeping a cup of coffee steady to drink from or to hold a bolt in order to srew into a solid object. The video is used along with other videos to gain background knowledge of the tremor from primary sources and experts.



Similar to the man in the video above, this woman also has difficulty grasping object due to hand tremors.

After viewing the videos, we discussed possible solutions and decided to focus our efforts into creating an exoskeletal gripper that individuals would be able to wear in order to relieve hand tremors. Refining must be done on these solutions in order to fit design constraints and follow deliverables.

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