Session: 15-01-01: ASME International Undergraduate Research and Design Exposition

Paper Number: 100692

100692 - Development of a Haptic Glove for Two Fingers (Index and Middle) of the Right Hand 

Due to the growth in the amount and types of information that surrounds us, it is important to explore other areas and ideas and ways of interacting with information. Haptic systems with their tactile and motor capabilities, together with the associated cognitive processes, present a bidirectional channel of information to our brain. This poster features a novel inexpensive wearable haptic glove. This channel provides a way to interact with information with which a large number of applications can be generated. Haptics covers many disciplines. Therefore, a wide variety of applications are generated that include those areas of human needs such as products, manufacturing, education, health, among others. Presented in this poster is a novel wearable haptic glove and garter belt with piezoelectric sensors and flex sensor.

The proposed system can provide users with vibration feedback during the execution of gripping virtual objects. Therefore, the human hand is capable of obtaining information while executing complex tasks. This has a variety of functions among the most important being sensory and motor functions. Hence the interest in creating a haptic device for the hand. Haptic research and technology have created and evaluated different prototypes with their characteristics and capabilities for the use of virtual environments, some of which are currently marketed. Focusing on upper limb haptic interface with vibration wave feedback. Traditional methods for the rehabilitation of patients with motor disabilities in the upper limbs are slow, expensive and in many cases ineffective, reducing with great quality of life.

Therefore, it is possible to create a haptic system, which developed a low-cost haptic glove, it has a device that generates feedback, a computer where the haptic interface is displayed and for the last time the person who performs the movement, this makes patients achieve better results in recovery. For the development of the prototype, the V methodology was adopted, performing instrumentation tests, interface-prototype connection and feedback. The integration of these subsystems after the tests, resulted in a final prototype of the haptic glove for two fingers (index and middle) of the right hand. This project is part of another research project that is being presented at IMECE2022 as a full technical paper in which a haptic interface is developed for the treatment of patients with disabilities or injured in different kind of accidents. This kind of interface offers different benefits that enhance the recovery of the patients, thanks to the visual interaction enviroment in which the patient observe the motion is performing.

Presenting Author: Jhon A. Caballero Moreno Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga

Presenting Author Biography: Jhon Alexander Caballero Moreno is a senior student of Mechatronics Engineering with a dual degree in Biomedical Engineering at Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga, in Bucaramanga, Colombia.

Authors:

Sebastian Roa Prada Universidad Autónoma De Bucaramanga
Jhon A. Caballero Moreno Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga