Understanding and informing design issues of a prosthetic arm for below elbow amputation by way of "taxonomy" [literature review, reality check]
The academic and industrial attempts to approach prosthetic arms so far have been met with less success than the providers must have hoped for. Far less, in fact so little that we wonder what is going on.
Possibly, design issues are the key to this as however vaguely put, some analytic approach needs to inform better design - but how to really inform better design from issues based on analysis? What is a suitable analysis? If we cannot see any better designs anywhere in practice, real life, then what is the analysis worth? Can we analyze analyses to get a better understanding of what might be going on there?
We might best start with what we know to be true.
"Bionic" prostheses Academic research (review) Academic research under The Amputee Excuse (TAE) Academic research with relevant results Activities of Daily Living and Sports ANPPN Activites of No Particular Prosthetic Need Artwork and Do It yourself Corner AUA vs WIFUCD Becker Hand [Lock Grip, Imperial] {mechanical hand} Bimanual task benchmark BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL BLUELIGHT opponent REDARM TOTAL FREESTYLE TF Design principles Disability and the public Extreme Cyborging Grip testing Hosmer Dorrance Myoelectric prostheses Prosthetic hook Prosthetics Research tips Specifications and comparisons Touch Bionics iLimb Toughware Equilux TRS prehensor