Neuroprosthetic Leg, 2016
As part of the MIT Media Lab Biomechatronics Group, this research sought to utilize advances in surgery, biomechanics, and implants to create a novel means of restoring proprioception, or sense of position, to individuals with residual limbs.
Through Matlab modeling and Solidworks design/failure analysis, I constructed the passive portion of a quadruped osseointegrated robotic neuroprosthesis. This portion (upper-left), models a quadruped metacarpal joint as a spring-damper system with set physical and geometric properties.
The procedure to reproduce proprioception was later performed successfully in human patients. Recipients reported being able to feel the position of their prosthetic legs.
