University of Pittsburgh
Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology: Fairytail
Fairytail was a research project in early to prototype development through the University of Pittsburgh' s Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology. The project was based in prototype generation, and I was involved in publishing preliminary literature regarding the principles in use and those being developed. The work thus far functioned as a proof of concept for a later project.
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This project functioned in a team setting, and functioned as such from May of 2020 to December of the same year. The team was made up of two university faculty, another team advisor, and two undergraduate researchers. My work was as an undergraduate researcher. I focused on building iterative prototypes as we developed our proof of concept, as well as developing the concept into a manufacturable and testable device. I have worked on device mechanical and circuit design, as well as business development. Each in limited capacity during this project as I was learning these skills with hands-on experience.
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Initial tests undergone used a modified drill attached to a lower back orthosis and revealed the ability of a device to successfully perturb balance.
As published to BMES Conference 2020, the same design was also shown to return an angled inverted pendulum to a vertical position. The tests were very rough, but preliminarily showed promise to the device.
Free body diagram analysis of the above image was undergone to generate center of mass equations and the moment equation displayed
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