This paper presents a new mechanical architecturefor elbow powered myoelectric prostheses. New requirements for active prostheses are energetic autonomy, low production cost and human like behavior. On the scientific panorama very few examples of parallel device are available. We show an alternative device, with a simple mechanical hardware, to simulate the movements and the dynamic of human elbow. We investigated on wires used like tendons in mechanical elbow prostheses. The wire transmission architecture allows two linear actuators to control the motion of the forearm along two degrees of freedom in an enhanced work volume. The device, indeed, is designed to provide in the same mechanism flexion/extension and pronation/supination movement, which are usually decoupled in elbow and wrist mechanisms in usual commercial devices.

Design and analysis of a tendon-driven 2 DOF elbow prosthesis hybrid mechanism / Foglia, Mario; Valori, M; Gentile, Angelo. - (2012). (Intervento presentato al convegno 21th International Workshop on Robotics in Alpe-Adria-Danube Region tenutosi a Napoli, Italia nel 10-13 Settembre 2012).

Design and analysis of a tendon-driven 2 DOF elbow prosthesis hybrid mechanism

FOGLIA, Mario;GENTILE, Angelo
2012-01-01

Abstract

This paper presents a new mechanical architecturefor elbow powered myoelectric prostheses. New requirements for active prostheses are energetic autonomy, low production cost and human like behavior. On the scientific panorama very few examples of parallel device are available. We show an alternative device, with a simple mechanical hardware, to simulate the movements and the dynamic of human elbow. We investigated on wires used like tendons in mechanical elbow prostheses. The wire transmission architecture allows two linear actuators to control the motion of the forearm along two degrees of freedom in an enhanced work volume. The device, indeed, is designed to provide in the same mechanism flexion/extension and pronation/supination movement, which are usually decoupled in elbow and wrist mechanisms in usual commercial devices.
2012
21th International Workshop on Robotics in Alpe-Adria-Danube Region
Design and analysis of a tendon-driven 2 DOF elbow prosthesis hybrid mechanism / Foglia, Mario; Valori, M; Gentile, Angelo. - (2012). (Intervento presentato al convegno 21th International Workshop on Robotics in Alpe-Adria-Danube Region tenutosi a Napoli, Italia nel 10-13 Settembre 2012).
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