perform physical tasks is muscle strength, which can be greatly reduced as a result of neuromuscular damage in people with disabilities. In order to solve this type of problem, medicine has generated rehabilitation techniques that allow patients a progressive improvement with a high ratio of effectiveness. PROJECT DESCRIPTION Exoskeletons play a very important role in the rehabilitation of patients with spinal cord injury or injury to the brain, whereby motor functions have been lost in the lower limb. Patients who have been in wheelchairs face various problems related to movement and present some kind of psychological damage. This project seeks to come up with a new exoskeleton design that can perform better compared to the existing designs. BACKGROUND AND BENCHMARKING The existing design uses a robotic system that includes motors. They work well in providing the required assistance to individuals with neuromuscular disorder. This project is aimed at improving currently existing exoskeleton designs to come up with a better human-exoskeleton mounting interface for lower limb rehabilitation. The new design will help in improving the general functionality of the health care industry, especially the sector dealing with neuromuscular disorders. CUSTOMER DESCRIPTION The client requires that the team comes up with a design that meets specific requirements. The client’s needs a design that is: • Light in weight • Has minimal irritation to skin • Good grip • Adjustable • Easy to use ENGINEERING REQUIREMENT:
The team will work together to brainstorm on the ideas to
incorporate in the design in order to make it better. Different aspects of the design will be considered based on the customer needs and the engineering requirements. Patients with lower and upper limb muscles inabilities usually require assistive devices to allow them to perform tasks that require the use of these muscles. DESIGNS CONSIDERED
The team considered different designs while
brainstorming. There are a set of designs that the team generated from brainstorming processes. They were based on the various customer and engineering requirements. The designs look into various aspects of the improvements that the customer would like while considering the engineering requirements DESIGNS CONSIDERED
The considered designs includes
Adjustable straps Use of a motor Adjustable structure Soft fabric Iron Structure Aluminum Structure SCHEDULE AND BUDGET