Jonah Angeles "This is a prototype of a (wearable) hand exoskeleton. The idea is that it can guide (the wearer's) fingers to form grasp patterns. This is used in cases where your hand is paralyzed. or if you have some form of compromise in that function." -Jonahton Schofield (PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering)
In the latest instalment of 1050, we take a photographic look at the University of Alberta’s Bionic Limbs for Improved Natural Control (BLINC) Lab in the Department of Medicine.
Jonah Angeles“These are the typical prostheses given in clinics — very simple — they just open and close. On the left, we’ve got a simple mechanical prosthetic and in the middle is a cosmesis (a cosmetic cover for the prosthetic limb).” – Katherine Evans (MSc in Mechanical Engineering) Jonah AngelesThis upper-limb prosthetic developed by Touch Bionics is a prosthetic limb that is controlled via myoelectric signals (electrical signals from muscle tissues) from a client’s residual limb. Controlling a prosthetic limb takes practice. Jonah Angeles“Here we’re using motion-capture and eye-tracking to look at how prosthetic-users move… and what they pay attention to in their environment when performing a task.” – Dr. Jacqueline Hebert (Director of the BLINC Lab) Jonah AngelesJonah AngelesJonah AngelesThe X-Box controller (left) is used for coordinating the fine-motor movements of the robotic hand (right), according to Gautham Vasan (MSc Student) Jonah AngelesAdam Parker (BLINC Lab undergraduate researcher) calls this set-up the “Undergrad Collection”. Jonah AngelesMeet Robotrick, BLINC Lab’s resident Telepresence robot who regularly allows absentee lab members to attend meetings without needing to be physically there. (High-Five.) Jonah AngelesJonah AngelesBack row: McNiel Keri, Gautham Vasan, Tarvo Kuus, Quinn Boser, Dr. Jacqueline Hebert, Brendan Kelly Front row: Riley Dawson, Sai Vemula, Jonathon Schofield, Katherine Evans, Ognjen Kovic Jonah Angeles
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