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Electromyography – Xan
Unfortunately, this past week has been very slow for the hand project because I’ve been sick with the flu. Despite my absence, progress has still been made – thanks to shipping companies! In a few...
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New Code, New Sensors, New Data – Xan
The week started off with my rewriting all of the Arduino and sensor code for the MSK, after forgetting to save and losing the code that I did have. (Not such a big deal, as it was only 30 lines or so...
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Successful Servo Activation & Multiple EMGs – Xan
I succeeded this week in my goal of getting the servo to activate 100% of the time through use of the Muscle Sensor, and was also able to read different muscles independently of one another! Check out...
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What’s Next? – Xan
I’ll start with the good news: the control system for the hand is in a very good place. All of the tests that I’ve done so far have worked very well, and I have some rudimentary hand control code...
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GitHub, Hand “hacking”, and Mechanics – Xan
There are four things that I have to do in the next few months: 1. Order motors and potentiometers and modify (“hack”) the hand to use them. 2. Set up a meeting with the recipient of the hand (to test...
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A New Test Platform – Xan
In preparing for a meeting with the hand’s recipient to test the EMG controls that I’ve developed, I’ll be spending the next day or two building a new test platform. The platform will contain all of...
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A Functioning Test Platform and New Code – Xan
It’s been two weeks since my last post, and a great deal has happened since then. Most notably, the second version of the handstand has been constructed and set up. Take a look at the video below for a...
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A Look at the Code – Xan
As my blog posts near their end, I thought that it might be nice to take some time to explain a bit about how the hand electronics and code work. This post should give the reader a fair bit of...
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