Torque Control Solution and Characterization for a Battery Powered Prosthetic Hand Using Myoelectric Control

The Barrett Honors Student, Cameron Berns, was asked to characterize a torque control solution for a myoelectric controlled prosthetic hand. The student performed several tasks above the senior design scope for the honors portion that include: experimentation to find the best torque control solution, design of a digital control system and debug board, perform idealistic characterization on the chosen torque control option, and finally research future implementation for total system identification. The experiments were a success and a crude implementation was achieved.