This project is a precursor to research that is currently ongoing at Carnegie Mellon's Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Essential Tremors (ET) is one of the most prevalent types of neurological disorders observed in people. The key aspect of this condition is that the tremors occur when a person attempts to actively move, causing immense difficulty with skills that require precision and finesse.
To help those dealing with ET, I conceptualized a specialized exoskeleton that aims to dampen these tremors. The exoskeleton fits onto the user’s hand and serves to provide stability to the hand and writing tool via a carefully constructed joint structure and use of counterbalance weights.
Working with Nicholas Parody and Marc Estruch, we designed a prototype of an exoskeleton that would reduce the effect of ET on precise task performance.
If you're interested in our final report, you can read it here.