Bryan’s Wiki Report |Date: November 29, 2006||Tendon Attachment|
|Author : Bryan Adams||Team : Robot Hand Mechanics| The purpose
of this years design team is to improve upon last years finger
design by reducing the overall size and friction of the previous
finger design. The overall goal is to create a finger that can
generate the force needed to model the human hand and be
implemented into a whole hand device. The design should showcase
the capabilities of Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) wires to produce
the range of motion similar to that of a human hand. My initial
part in this years team was to develop a thumb joint that could
be implemented into a palm device. This task was eliminated in
order to first improve upon the initial finger and transmission
of the previous year’s design. My new task for Team Robot Hand
Mechanics was to redesign the tendon attachment method for the
redesigned finger. - The customer requirements for our team were
defined as: - Demonstrate a Possible Use of SMA Wires -
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