Hey everyone,
Hope everyone's been doing well since the REU bootcamp! My project is to design a pneumatic actuator that can be used to control a robotic exoskeleton/glove that can help rehabilitate a patients hand. When someone has a stroke they commonly suffer from hand plasticity which affects their ability to control and flex their fingers and wrist. So far progress has been a little slow. I have mostly been reading through a lot of papers and searching for different information regarding the typical strength and flexibility of a healthy hand. In addition, I've been looking into the current rehabilitation methods for patient's hands. Recently (in the last 2 days) I have begun modeling an exoskeleton in Solidworks that can be rapid prototyped.

-Josh