Lending a Hand: Design of a Modular Wearable Robotic Arm with a Foot Control System
The “Maestro Arm,” presented in this paper, is a modular wearable robotic arm with a five-fingered hand and wrist, elbow, and shoulder joints. The arm attaches to a waist belt to serve as a wearable third arm and can detach from its shoulder interface for mounting on external platforms such as a table or wheelchair. Th...