David’s Wheels; a disability accessible and driveable hot rod for social and physical mobility

Inspired by the team leader’s younger brother who has Down Syndrome along with various health and mobility issues, this wheelchair-accessible, hand-controlled hot rod has been designed and built in roughly three months. This unique vehicle will enable paraplegic drivers to try driving a form of transport (and ultimately motorsport) which they would normally struggle to access due to limited accessibility …

Universal platform with voice control

Easy-to-manage universal platform is required to develop robots for everyday housework, for using by disability persons, etc. To create such platform prototype was the project’s goal. Special (distribution) gearbox is installed and put into practice in the platform prototype in order to use motors that move driving wheels to perform other (additional) functions. The system of gears provides transmission both …

APPLICATION OF NYLON THREAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARTIFICIAL MUSCLES

In this project we want to study the behaviour that a nylon thread has when, coiled in helical shape, acts like an artificial muscle. We have been able to produce them and we have taken data related with the contraction that they suffer when they are heated with a nicrom resistor. As results, we obtained that their efficiency is really …

The textile-based tensoresistive sensors’ operation and their usage in the innovative technologies

Endless opportunities offered by new technologies inspired us to create an electronical device which could not only develop entertainment industry but also could make an improvement for rehabilitation, physiotherapy and sport. We started to explore tensoresistive sensors which change its resistance to exposure of an external power. We created a fabric with textile-based tensoresistive sensors and an experimental sock to …

Cherry Flavour Concrete Innovative Biomaterial for Thermal Insulation

Cherry Flavour concrete is a study on the assessments of the thermal conductivity of cement realized with cherry kernel as lightweight recycling aggregates. The study conducted has put in evidence the lower thermal conductivity of the mixture containing cherry kernel, which are most suitable as a recycling aggregate for non-structural castings for thermal insulation. At the end the study showed …

A Tool for The Mind

Every 40th person on the world lives with a physical disability. The common people can control their body and muscles consciously only by their brain. I wanted to make a device that also uses the brain to control the cursor on a PC, an artificial arm, a wheelchair or a communication function. Everyone deserves this right, no one deserves a …