Mar 22
We have good news and bad news. Part one of the bad news is that our knee motor broke. Our knee system uses a worm gear and regular gear; as we mentioned in the last entry, the regular gear is made of plastic and got stripped. In the meantime, we’ve ordered replacement plastic gears so …
Mar 11
We’ve started integration for our project. The fiberglass mold has been completed and we were able to incorporate that into the overall brace. We made two fiberglass molds: one of the upper leg and one for the lower leg. As one can see from the photo, the molds are a little rough around the edges, …
Mar 01
We’ve completed a first iteration of the leg brace and delivered it to the user. Video and pictures should be coming soon (since the user will be interacting with the leg brace this weekend). In the meantime, the following are some updates: In a previous entry, we showed the box enclosure, which will hold the …