Design of a power-assistance system for body-powered hand-prostheses

Body-powered hand prostheses are characterized by low weight and low cost compared to externally powered prostheses. They also provide force and position feedback, allowing for accurate and fast position and force control of the prosthesis. Body-powered hand prostheses are often rejected on the basis of low efficiency. The high forces needed to...

Design of power assisted bicycle kit

This project was to design a bicycle power-assist conversion kit for the Dutch market, in collaboration with Bandito Enterprise; a bicycle manufacturing company based in Taiwan. A large number of people in the Netherlands commute to work and school using conventional bicycles, as well as for recreational use, and often face opposing strong winds...