Flex controlled robotic arm for the amputees

Abstract

Surveys show that 1.8% of India's total population is arm amputees. This includes almost 24 lakhs of the total Indian residents. Out of which, 60% hold their origin from rural background. Bionic arms prove really costly to these people as it is high priced due to the technology involved. Hence, these people choose to remain an amputee for life, rather than investing on an artificial prosthetic limb. Here, we have designed a robotic Arm, which will be installed where a person has lost his arm. Now, using his other Arm, which is still intact, the actions of the robotic arm is controlled. The idea is to mimic all the actions of the human Arm. It is operated on a wireless platform, thereby eliminating wires running on the body.