Published December 4, 2020 © CC BY

The Myoskleton

An exoskleton which helps people with muscle weakness by providing them extra with power upto 50N.

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Things used in this project

Hardware components

Arduino UNO

Jumper wires (generic)

You can adjust the number of all 3 types wires according to the size of your structure as a bigger structure will need more wires.

SparkFun Solder-able Breadboard - Mini

It will be used as a power rail to distribute power in TTP223 sensors.

TTP223 Sensor

MG995 Servo

Cable Tie, Sta Strap® Releasable

Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Hot glue gun (generic)

Tape, Electrical

This will be used if you are building the structure from scratch.

Soldering iron (generic)

Solder Wire, Lead Free

3D Printer (generic)

You will require this if you are not building the the structure from scratch.If you intend to build it from scratch then you will need cardboard.

Multitool, Screwdriver

Mini Side Cutter, 120mm Length with 25mm Jaw Capacity

Story

Ths Problem

According to www.healthengine.com.au about 1 in every 100, 000 people suffer from myopathy(any kind of muscle weakness disorder).

The statistics shown above is highly alarming as a huge part of population is unable to give their best physical output due to muscle weakness disorders which largely restricts the amount of their physical output and many a times this causes them to become liablities instead of assets.

The Solution

This device can be a solution to the problem mentioned above as it provides the user with extra power with help of an MG995 servo motor which makes their muscles less tired during long periods of physical work and also provides some extro power to the user to compensate for the power loss due to myopathy. It can be of many uses such as:-

Being worn by people working in labour intensive jobs.

Being worn by people whose muscles' power is far below average human's muscle power.

Being worn by people who do intence physical labour such as lumberjacks.

Working of the project

The project works as follows:-

One of the TTP223 sensor detects the touch of the arm and sends the signal to the arduino UNO.

The arduino UNO interprets the signal and checks that the sensor is located up or down.

If the signal is from up sensor the arduino instructs the servo to move up and if it is from the sensor located down then it instructs the servo to move down.

When the servo moves the arm connected to it also moves which in turn pushes the arm support in the respective direction thus providing the arm with external power.

The Design

The device without the circuit :-

These are the places in the device where electronics are to be glued:-

A-Arduino will be glued here. B-Breadboard power rail will be glued here.

C- The TTP223 sensor will be glued here. The powerbank will be glued below C.

D-The servo will be placed here.

Velcros will be placed from X to Z on front and back.

The Completed Circuit

The Domonstration

The Demonstration

Future Expectations

I expect that in furure this device will reduce the hardships of labour-intensive jobs and increase the speed of manual labour.

Schematics

Code

The code

#include <Servo.h>

Servo servo_9;



void setup()
{
  servo_9.attach(9);
    pinMode(7, INPUT);
    pinMode(6, INPUT);
  Serial.begin(2000000);


}

void loop()
{
  if (digitalRead(7) == HIGH) {
      servo_9.write(179);
  delay(100); 
  Serial.println("Up");

  } else {
    servo_9.write(94);
    Serial.println("Stable");
  }
   if (digitalRead(6) == HIGH) {
      servo_9.write(1);
  delay(100); 
  Serial.println("Down");
  } else {
    servo_9.write(94);
  Serial.println("Stable");
  }
}

Credits

Rushil Saraswat

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The Myoskleton

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Software apps and online services

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Story

Ths Problem

The Solution

Working of the project

The Design

The Domonstration

Future Expectations

Custom parts and enclosures

The 3D Model

Schematics

The Schematics

Code

The code

Credits

Rushil Saraswat

Comments

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The Myoskleton

The Myoskleton

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Software apps and online services

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Story

Ths Problem

The Solution

Working of the project

The Design

The Domonstration

Future Expectations

Custom parts and enclosures

The 3D Model

Schematics

The Schematics

Code

The code

Credits

Rushil Saraswat

Comments

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