E13 : Bio-Inspired Myoelectric Prosthetic Design


Students Aadit Banerjee
Aarav Malhotra
School HDSB - W. H. Morden Public School - Oakville
Level Junior 7/8 - Grade 8
Group Group 9 - Health Sciences II
Abstract The rise of prosthetic devices has been clearly noticed, with 1-13.2 million people annually having amputations. Even though these people have no limbs, many prefer having no arm rather than a prosthetic limb, with 25-57% of prosthetic limbs being abandoned. This is caused by many functionality, usability and design problems in current prosthetics. The purpose of this project is to design a prosthetic arm with advanced personalized sensory feedback that addresses current user issues to create comfortability and satisfaction while also incorporating advancements never seen before like bioinspired soft palms.