It's Alive!!
Design and Build
a Mechanical Hand
Anatomy & Physiology
Mr.
Rubin
Pacific
Grove High School
Students
will understand and appreciate the intricacies of the human body; bone
joints, muscle attachment, tendon attachment
and eye hand coordination.
Your
own two hands will operate your Mechanical Hand.
It
is not to be from some kit or prefabricated components. The attached wrist must
not be longer than 18". This is
where a hand grip, controls, cables, wires, springs and strings can be mounted.
Be
a minimum of adult size and not larger than 8.5" x 11" (not including
the wrist).
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Description: |
Points
available |
Points
Earned |
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4
moving fingers with 3 moving digits each.
Each digit will move a minimum of 45 degrees |
3
points/digit that moves 45' and returns. 36
points maximum |
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Labels: |
1
point each label 8points
maximum |
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Extensor
digiti minimi Extensor
indicus Flexors Proximal
phalanges Middle
phalanges |
Distal
phalanges Draw
in and label Carpal bones Draw
in and label Metacarpel bones |
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1
prehensile thumb with 2 moving digits.
Each digit will move a minimum of 45 degrees. |
3
points/digit that moves 45' and returns. 6
points maximum |
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Thumb
moves in two planes |
6
points |
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Give
the following hand signals and return to a flat position: |
Thumbs
up (4 pts) |
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Peace
(4 pts) |
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Hang
Loose(4 pts) |
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Grip
a Styrofoam cup full of water and lift it to your lips. Return to a flat
position |
Timing
Chart in class, 32 points maximum |
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Inventors
Hall of Fame (Automatic A+)Complete All the above plus: Palm
flexes at the wrist a minimum of 60 degrees. Pick
up a 16 ounce hammer and drive a 6 penny nail 3/4" into a piece of soft pine (using standard
hammering motion). Release the hammer and return to open flat position. |
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graded
@100pts/2=50 |
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