GHULAM ISHAQ KHAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES & TECHNOLOGY

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Final Year Project Proposal
Sr. # Group Member Registration Number
01 Tawha bin Nasir(Group leader) 2018476
02 Haris Jamal Bhutta 2018138
03 Bilal Hassan Qureshi 2018093

 Previously submitted project title:

N/A

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New project title:
Powered Exoskeleton Arm/s for the physically impaired

 Tick () the major area of your project.

a. Laser and Optoelectronics
b. Modeling and Simulation
c. Semiconductor
d. Digital, Electronics and Signal Processing
Others
 2Final year project proposal (max.1-1 ½ page )

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The project title will not be change after the submission of this form.
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The proposal must include brief introduction of previous work, objectives of the project, problem statement, possible solutions of
the problem and block diagram of main modules.
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Final Year Project Proposal

Introduction:
An exoskeleton is the external skeletal structure that supports or protects the body, in contrast to the internal
skeleton (endoskeleton) of a human. Many people in the world are confined to a wheelchair due to injuries or
illnesses which cause muscle weakness. One such illness is a genetic condition known as muscular dystrophy;
patients suffering from this have limited muscle movement which can result in muscle waist, muscle hypertrophy
and muscle pain. This device can give such peoples their independence as well as the ability to function as a normal
person. An articulated robot is a robot which is fitted with rotary joints. It carries rotary motion in all three axes.
Rotary joints allow a full range of motion, as they rotate through multiple planes, and they increase the capabilities
of the robot considerably. With rotary joints, a robot can engage in very precise movements. Articulated robots
commonly show up on manufacturing lines, where they utilize their flexibility to bend in a variety of directions.
Multiple arms can be used for greater control or to conduct multiple tasks at once, for example, and rotary joints
allow robots to do things like turning back and forth between different work areas.
These robots can also be seen at work in labs and in numerous other settings. Researchers developing robots often
work with articulated robots when they want to engage in activities like teaching robots to walk and developing
robotic arms.

Problem Statement:
Surviving a stroke or debilitating injury is often the start of a very long ordeal. Physical therapy can be slow and
strenuous with no guarantee of recovery. Robotic exoskeletons can sometimes provide the support a ravaged body
needs to heal and strength when it can’ but they typically cost more than a car and must be anchored to a wall and
plugged into a socket.
We are trying to build an efficient, lightweight, and surprisingly powerful robotic limb. Its actuator, or electronic
muscle, could provide resistance during therapeutic exercises and can augment strength, allowing its wearer to lift an
additional 40 pounds or 20 kilograms with little effort.

Objectives:

1. To design and fabricate a pneumatically powered human exoskeleton for one arm (can be extended to
both arms) to assist the physically weak (at the upper limb) individuals.

2. To ensure that the arm is cost effective and available to the general masses.

3. To manufacture an economic, portable, reliable, stable and ergonomic human exoskeleton arm.

4. To apply the concepts of engineering learnt at the undergraduate level to the real world.

Possible Solutions:

The integration of human and robot into a single system offers remarkable opportunities for a new generation of
assistive technology. The design of an exoskeleton, which is physically linked to the human body, must have a
workspace that matches as close as possible with the workspace of the human body, while at the same time avoid
singular configurations of the exoskeleton within the human workspace. The exoskeleton isotropy was calculated
and mapped with respect to the special distribution of the human arm configurations during the 24 daily activities.
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Final Year Project Proposal
The results indicate that the kinematic joint distributions representing all 24 actions appear normally distributed
except for elbow flexion–extension with the emergence of three modal centers. The Velocity and acceleration results
suggest that the majority of human arm joint torques are devoted to supporting the human arm position in space
while compensating gravitational loads whereas a minor portion of the joint torques is dedicated to arm motion
itself. With the help of our project we are finally able to give the user extra strength which will allow him or her to
pick and move objects which are beyond his capable limit.

Modules:

Fabricating Designing Simulating Evaluating

No
Optimized

Yes

Presenting Testing
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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES
Final Year Project Proposal

 Estimated Budget with justification:

1: Schematics of a working arm (parts) being 3-D Printed:

Parts of a model (Right Arm): 25000

Parts of a model (Left Arm): 25000

2: Kit to join the parts:

Professional Tool Kit 5000

Nuts and Bolts 1000
Hot Glue Gun 3000
Drill Machine 6000
Duct Tape 200

3: Technicality Aspects:

DC Motors (4) 2500

Microcontrollers (2) 2800
Jumping Wires/Resistors 1000
Strain Gauge (2) 10000
Batteries and Chargers 10000

4: Support:

Arm Brace/s 3500-7000

Zip Ties/Rope 1000
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Final Year Project Proposal

5: Miscellaneous:

Temperature Sensors (6) 300

LEDs (10) 200
Buzzers (2) 50

Total Estimated Budget in PRS= 100,050

Signature of Group Leader =

Signature of Supervisor =
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Final Year Project Proposal