Title: Development of a passive Rehabilitation Robot for the wrist joint through the implementation of an Arduino UNO microcontroller,
Abstract: In this research was implemented the use of an Arduino UNO R3 microcontroller
to control the movements of a prototype robotic functional developed to perform
rehabilitation exercises in the wrist joint; This device can be used to assist
the physiatrist to rehabilitate the tendinitis, synovitis, rheumatoid arthritis
and for pre-operative and post-operative therapy in this joint. During the
design stage of the functional prototype, the methodology of the industrial
design process was used from a concurrent engineering approach, through which
anthropometric studies could be performed related to the dimensions and angles
of movement of the wrist joint in the population Venezuelan from the
information collected, the design proposal was elaborated, and the use of CAD
programs defined the different forms, geometries and materials of the
components of the rehabilitation device, which were later analyzed using the
finite element method for the determination The tensional state of efforts and
safety factors through the use of CAE programs. In addition, a software was
developed for the acquisition, registration, reproduction and execution of the
different movements produced during the rehabilitation therapy. Through the
research developed, a device was designed that will help the rehabilitation of
the wrist joint allowing the combination of dorsal-palmar flexion and
ulnar-radial movements to recover the joint function of various pathologies
presented in the Venezuelan population.