Overview
IPPA is a low cost prosthetic arm with advanced functionality and features that compare to commercial prosthetics. Our system enables the amputee to perform automated grasping tasks, perform a wide range of hand gestures, and incorporate a mobile app management system that will allow the prosthetic to be taught user specified grasps and gestures.
Features
- 7.4V 7800mAh, LiPo Battery for 1 hour of use
- 5 DC Motors that deliver same grip strength as human hand
- An Android Mobile application to manage and add new gestures
- EMG Sensor, Force Sensors, and a Distance Sensor to automate grasping
- ARM Cortex M4 MCU to deliver real-time execution of grasps and gestures
- 158mA, low power Bluetooth for real time communication
Ivette Carreras
A Computer Engineering student at the University of Central Florida. Ivette will be graduating with a Bachelor of Science Degree in May 2015. During her time at UCF, she interned at both Texas Instruments and Microsoft as a Software Engineer. She will be joining the Operating System Group at Microsoft as a full time Software Engineer after graduation. Her interests are in low level software development.
Andrew Mendez
An undergraduate student at the University of Central Florida. Andrew will be receiving his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering in May of 2015. During his time at UCF, he has participated in the MIT Summer Research Program, where he researched the areas of tangible user interfaces and augmented reality at the MIT Media Lab. His interests are designing intelligent interfaces for intuitive learning and interaction with information from our physical environment.
Matthew Bald
An undergraduate student at the University of Central Florida. Matthew will be receiving his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering in May of 2015. During his time at UCF, he interned at OUC and created SalesForce applications to assist the customer resolution team. His interests are in designing electronics and music.
Open Source Files
The android application source code and the software for the IPPA system are all open source!
Fork us on Github to contribute and!
Link toGithub
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the UCF CECS Alumni Chapter for sponsoring this project and the assistance of the members of the Texas Instruments Innovation Lab at the University of Central Florida.
