Development of Artificial Hand Gripper by using Microcontroller

Authors

  • A. M. Mohd Ali
  • A. J. M. Wahi
  • R. Ambar
  • M. M. Abdul Jamil

Keywords:

rtificial hand gripper, flex sensor, rehabilitation and medical robotics

Abstract

This paper focuses on the development of a measurement hand gripper to help handicap patient due to accident and diseases. Basically, when the patient needed to perform exercises they must get an appointment with a doctor. Normally this will take few weeks or months. This is because the rehabilitation devices at Physiotherapy Department in hospital are very limited. From this problem, we suggest to develop a reasonably cheap home-based rehabilitation measurement devices which can perform the task of assisting paralyze patient at home. The basic movement of the patient was limited from a wrist, elbow and shoulder. The development of this project involves the designing of a sensors equipped Smart Glove and a measurement hand gripper device. The hand gripper device will move based on a human operator’s finger movement using the Smart Glove. The purpose of our project is to design and develop a master-slave system robotic hand which can be a substitution for the paralyzed hand in therapy to aid in recovery process of patients upper limb function. The project involves an Arduino microcontroller for the instrumentation, communication and controlling applications. A series of flex sensors are fitted in a master glove to get readings from the movement of human fingers. Microcontroller will further use this information to control multiple servos that controls the movement of slave robotic hand.

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Author Biographies

  • A. M. Mohd Ali

    Modeling and Simulation Research Laboratory,

    Department of Electronics Engineering,

    Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Batu Pahat, Johor, MALAYSIA

  • A. J. M. Wahi

    Department of Computer Engineering,

    Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Batu Pahat, Johor, MALAYSIA

  • R. Ambar

    Department of Computer Engineering,

    Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Batu Pahat, Johor, MALAYSIA

  • M. M. Abdul Jamil

    Modeling and Simulation Research Laboratory,

    Department of Electronics Engineering,

    Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Batu Pahat, Johor, MALAYSIA

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Issue on Electrical and Electronic Engineering

How to Cite

Mohd Ali, A. M., M. Wahi, A. J., Ambar, R., & Abdul Jamil, M. M. (2011). Development of Artificial Hand Gripper by using Microcontroller. International Journal of Integrated Engineering, 3(2). https://penerbit.uthm.edu.my/ojs/index.php/ijie/article/view/374