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Vol: 52(66) No: 3 / September 2007 Driving Software for an Artificial Human Hand Hydraulically Actuated Loredana Ungureanu Department of Automation and Applied Informatics, “Politehnica” University of Timişoara, Faculty of Automation and Computers, 2 V. Pârvan blvd. 300223 Timişoara, Romania, phone: +40256-403249, e-mail: loredana.ungureanu@aut.upt.ro Nicolae Robu Department of Automation and Applied Informatics, “Politehnica” University of Timisoara, Faculty of Automation and Computers, 2 V. Pârvan blvd. 300223 Timisoara, Romania, e-mail: nicolae.robu@aut.upt.ro Viktor Manoila Department of Automation and Applied Informatics, “Politehnica” University of Timisoara, Faculty of Automation and Computers, 2 V. Pârvan blvd. 300223 Timisoara, Romania Keywords: data acquisition, human hand prosthesis, artificial hand, hydraulic actuation Abstract The human hand is a very complex system, composed from bodies connected through joints. Also, includes an important sensorial system and it is an essential tool in daily activities. When loosing it, the only solution for a patient is an artificial hand, but to create a prosthesis to comply with patient’s needs and expectations is a challenge for the scientific community. This paper focuses on the implementation aspect of the human hand model the authors have created. We present here the hydraulic system used for actuation and the governing program made in LabView. References [1]P. Brinckmann, W. Frobin and G. Leivseth, “Musculoskeletal biomechanics”, in G. Thieme Verlag, Germany, 2002, pp. 155-165 [2]D. Dragulescu and L. Ungureanu, “Modeling the Human Hand as an Automatic System”, The 11th International Conference on Vibration Engineering, Timişoara, pp. 23–28, September, 2005. [3]D. Dragulescu and L. Ungureanu, “Human hand Modeling”, Al II-lea Simpozion Internaţional de Mecanică Teoretică şi Aplicată „Dimitrie Mageron“, Iasi, Romania, vol LI (LIV), pp. 365–372, October 2005. [4]D. Dragulescu and L. Ungureanu, “Dynamics of the palm-middle finger system being under the exclusive action of the gravity forces”, Proceeding of RoMedInf, Timişoara, pp. 203–206, 6–8 April, 2006. [5]D. Dragulescu, L. Ungureanu, K. Menyhardt and A. Stanciu, “About a Dynamical Model of the Human Hand”, Russian Journal of Biomechanics, vol. 11, no. 1, pp: 68–73, 2007. [6]J. Lin, Z. Wu, and T.S. Huang, “Modeling the Constraints of Human Hand Motion”, presented at Proceedings Workshop on Human Motion, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, December 2000. [7]A. Stanciu, D. Dragulescu and L. Ungureanu, “A Hydraulic Solution for Implementing Human’s Hand Prehension Function”, SIITME 2006, International Symposium for Design and Technology of Electronic Packaging, 12th Edition, Iaşi, Romania, pp. 207–210, September 21–24, 2006. [8]L. Ungureanu and A. Stanciu, “Modeling the Motion of the Human Hand”, The 11th International Conference on Vibration Engineering, Timişoara, pp. 111–116, September, 2005. [9]L. Ungureanu, D. Dragulescu, A. Stanciu and M. Sodinca, “The Dynamic Study of the Palm-Middle Finger System”, 3rd Romanian-Hungarian Joint Symposium on Applied Computational Intelligence, Timisoara, pp: 453–459, May 25–26, 2006. [10]L. Ungureanu, A. Stanciu and K. Menyhardt, “Actuating a Human Hand Prosthesis: Model Study”, 2nd WSEAS Int. Conference on Dynamical Systems and Controls, Bucharest, pp. 72–77, October 16–18, 2006. [11]H. Visser and J. Herder, “Force Directed Design of a Voluntary Closing Hand Prosthesis”, in Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 261–272, May/June 2000. |