Underactuated Teleoperated Robotic Hand (Spring 2016)

• Built over 3 months in Spring 2016 with $500 budget for an Advanced Robotics class at Columbia University

• IMUs in the glove take readings on the operator’s hand position, which are translated into inputs to the robotic hand by a custom algorithm.

• Robotic hand was a custom 3D printed design with 7 DOF (2 per finger + scissor motion) and 4 servo motors to actuate motion.

• Successfully met all project goals including intuitive controls that allowed first-time users to grasp objects within one minute.

• My role in this project encompassed all parts of the design including mechanical, electrical, and coding. I wrote all embedded code and was one of the main contributors to the mechanical design of the hand.