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Design of a working model of an upper limb prosthesis
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Design of a working model of an upper limb prosthesis
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wrist mechanism
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Dange
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Sahil Vikas
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1991-
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Sahil Vikas Dange
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Langrana
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Noshir A
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Noshir A Langrana
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chair
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Craelius
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William
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William Craelius
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Rutgers University
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School of Graduate Studies
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2017-10
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2017
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eng
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This thesis demonstrates a new design for an upper limb prosthetic wrist that gives 3 independent degrees of freedom (DOFs) through individual mechanisms. A human wrist has 3 degrees of freedom i.e. Flexion-Extension, Radial- Ulnar deviation and Pronation-Supination. The upper limb prostheses that are currently available in the market generally provide 1 (usually Pronation- Supination) or at most 2 degrees of freedom, which is not su cient for daily life. For this thesis, a new wrist having all the 3 DOFs was designed in the SolidWorks software, a prototype was 3D printed and a basic analysis of the mechanical properties of the model through SolidWorks simulation was carried out. The prototype mechanisms were then connected to servo motors, with potentiometers as their inputs, that were programmed through an arduino and were tested to see if they work as expected. Faithful recreation of the wrist motions was achieved and the range of motion (ROM) of this prosthesis was similar to the ROM of an actual human wrist. This thesis also looks at the other prostheses that are available in the market or are under development and their limitations are discussed. The goal of this thesis is to present a design of an upper limb prosthesis which addresses some of the limitations while also encouraging further research and development in this eld and will hopefully result in more people with amputations choosing to use prosthetics in their daily lives.
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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Rutgers University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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1 online resource (ix, 57 p. : ill.)
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M.S.
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Includes bibliographical references
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Prosthesis
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by Sahil Vikas Dange
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doi:10.7282/T30G3P8X
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ETD graduate
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Dange
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Sahil Vikas
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2017-10-03 13:25:13
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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