Goals

Current Goals

This section outlines the current goals for the project. Each overarching goal is presented as a major heading, followed by specific details in a hierarchical bullet point structure. These goals are focused on addressing key questions related to the project's development and capabilities:

1. Investigate neuroelasticity for intuitive augmentation
   • Examine the brain's response to using the additional thumb.

Goal 1: Expand Current Thumb Capabilities

• Implement second DOF motor

• Locate another muscle pair that is both intuitive and has enough bandwidth to control thumb adduction

• Include measures to allow for differences between users

  • Consider adding calibration settings to customize limits based on the user's muscle signal strengths.
  • Add an intuitive UI for tuning different scaling and filtering factors

• Mechanical redesign

• Redesign current pulley based system for better mechanical properties

• Investigate the feasibility of pneumatics vs. cost and function

Goal 2: User Feedback

• Improve current synthetic skin
• Investigate LIG further for possible high resolution touch feedback
• Integrate current FSC skin and haptic motor into overall code

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