DARPA Revolutionizing Prosthetics Project

Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

Mechanical Designer | 2-Motor Finger team

The objective of the DARPA Revolutionizing Prosthetics Project was to engineer the most advanced prosthetic arm including the recreation of the speed, strength, size, and mobility of the human arm.  I joined the 2-Motor Finger team to design mechanically compliant elements and manage CAD files of the various designs.

National Geographic cover showing a prosthetic hand

2-Motor Finger on National Geographic Magazine

2-Motor Finger CAD 3D model

2-Motor Finger CAD

2-Motor Finger split into parts 3D model

2-Motor Finger Exploded CAD

3D model of a custom actuator split into parts

Custom actuator exploded CAD

DARPA Prosthetic Limb rendering

DARPA Prosthetic limb rendering Photo credit: JHU-APL

Custom actuator prototype

Custom actuator prototype

Element analysis of a gear it is mostly blue with a little green.

Finite element analysis of gearing

Man wearing a DARPA prosthetic hand prototype

Proto2 DARPA hand prototype