Smart Prosthetic
Upper Limb

The goal toward the new prosthetic design of upper limb is to ease the use of prosthetic by enhancing the momentum of using the product by incorporating smart technology, which is to not only enable the users to keep up with the existing & emerging smart technologies but also to push it further by giving them the ability to operate smart devices even more conveniently than the ordinary users.

Intro

The concept of the smart prosthetic is utilized by research methdologies including interview, field notes and secondary data analysis. The data has provided insights based on significant results in concept development, Brainstorming in diagrams such as Problem tree, Objective tree, and Scamper are also useful in the priliminary state of concept development.

Research Problem

The existing prosthetic is dull, resulting to incapability in grasping small objects (e.g. coins) or control electronics (e.g. texting). The emerging technology of smart devices rapidly grows, while the field of prosthetic grows slowly

Motivation

Many amputees are not satisfied with the outcome. The field of prosthetics is underdeveloped; therefore, it opens up lots of room for improvement

Related Work

Humanistic Motivation Theories - fulfill certain personal needs & potentials by gaining control & accomplishing daily activities effectively with connected smart devices using the smart prosthetic limb.

Research Methodology

Interview

Provided journal articles
Studies condiucted based on amputees
Insights into Possible solutions from existing prosthetic

Field Notes

Observed people facing challeges in handling task

Secondary Data Analysis

Government Databases
Journal Articles
Conference Publications
Aggregate and Disaggregate

Research Question

How might prosthetic utilize smart technology to ease the tasks to benefit amputees that struggles using the current prosthetic?

Hypothesis

Prosthetic can utilize smart technology to benefit amputated users by connecting the prosthetic to electronic devices with the use of Internet of Things (IoT)

Observation

The existing prosthetics lack capability in performing simple tasks such as picking up a coin or texting through the phone

Insight

Amputees are dissatisfied with the use of the current prosthetic in the market because it has many limitation when in use. The user experience challenges with controlling the momentum and the gripness, as a result the current existing prosthetic does not meet the desire to achieve the standard.