Robotic hand with motion glove
A personal project with my friend to make a robotic hand with a wireless controller. Our goal is to learn lots of new things from this endeavor.
- Type Project
- Date May 2021
- Style Personal
- Budget $100
Me and my friend Juan planned to make a 3D hand with fingers that could move when we moved ours with a wireless glove. We plan on making every part with our own twist while learning new things.
Strategy
We planned first to make a list of items we needed to buy and then create designs for the hand, circuit, and glove.
Design
My friend and I worked together by learning the basics of 3D design and circuit design to make the model and circuit.
Building
Attaching the circuit onto the 3D hand and glove and then uploading the code to make the servos move on the movement of the glove
We first start off with the 3D design of the hand. Thanks to Thingiverse, we got a template for a 3D Hand that we customized to match my friend’s finger length. Then we went shopping for parts that we needed, such as servos, Arduino boards, wires, Soldering material, breadboard, and Flex sensors. Here is a brief overview of the process of a single part of the finger to the final outcome
After printing the hand, we made the circuit design and tested the circuit before implementing the design onto the glove. This was after we got all our parts and learned how to make a primary circuit into a complex one. We not only learned how the circuits work, but we also learned how to make them. Here is the BASIC practice circuit, and here is the FINAL circuit.
We were able to get the hand working, but we were not able to document it. If in the future we ever make changes or finish the project, we will defiantly update it!