Teen creates exoskeleton glove

He had the idea for this device when he noticed his grandmother had trouble grasping the remote control.

She lacked in hand strength, grip and manual dexterity. So Charalampos wanted to find a way to help her, and also other people suffering from the same or similar problems.

And the solution was the exoskeleton glove. “In order to solve such a problem, I created, after two and a half years, an exoskeleton glove that can sense the human's palm kinetic stimulus with the help of pressure sensors, a processing system which runs a simple algorithm based that drives some powerful precision motor mechanisms, in order to enhance and support the user's force in real time”, the inventor explained.

The metallic exoskeleton glove assists, supports and enhances the movement of the human palm, in order to help people who suffer from upper hand disabilities. The device is worn by the user as a glove and, having placed the pressure sensors in the right spots, it will be able to detect the kinetic stimulus of the user which then will be amplified with the use of servo motors. For example, the wearer can hold an egg more gently than the remote. The glove can even help with more physical tasks, such as tightening or loosening screws, or even hammering.

“As we see, this mechanical glove does not apply only in situations of human disability, but also in the case of exerting larger forces, if users need or want to enhance the force exerted by their palm. This is the basic difference between this device and all the others: it can enhance the strength in any level we want as all the external forces carried on the exoskeleton glove that can be constructed from very durable metals”, Charalampos said.

The development of the device has a total cost of 380€.

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