The word 'Bionic' was first used in the 1960's it uses the prefix of 'bio' meaning life and 'nix' meaning electronics. Bionics is the study of mecanical systems that function like living or parts of living systems.
Artifical limbs are used to replace a missing body part that could have been lost due to truma, disease or congenital defect. The type of prosthesis that a person is dependent on the cause of amputation and the location of the missing extremity. It is finally up to the individual as they are the ones that have to live with the limbs for the rest of their lives.
You will need:
Here is a visual list on what you need:
To make a boinic finger you need to assemble it and then code it so that it can move.
Steps to asssemble the finger:
//Include Servo Library
#include Servo.h
Servo myservo; //create servo object to control a servo
void setup() {
// put your setup code here, to run once:
myservo.attach(9); //attaches the servo on pin 9 to the servo object
//Configure flex sensor pin
pinMode(A0, INPUT_PULLUP);
Serial.begin(9600);
}
void loop() {
// put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
int flexSensor=analogRead(A0);
/* Values from sensor are about 380 -> 550;
we need to convert this to about 0 -> 170
since my finger is too sshort to be affected
when the servo moves 180 degrees*/
int angle=(flexSensor-450);
Serial.println(angle);
myservo.write(angle);
}
Here is a video that shows you what the code is for and why it works;
Questions about..
This can be found here
What if I don't have enough of the transparent plastic. Is it ok to not double it over or do I have to??You can buy and Arduino Nano for $18.65 from here. And you are able to find a Thinker Shield for $22 from here