VEX Design Challenge

Entry: Patterning Helper

Challenge Summary

VRDCThe FUTURE Foundation exists to advance robotics and technology through education. One of the most promising areas in robotics engineering for the next generation will be in using robotics and related machines to help people with disabilities. The FUTURE Challenge for 2010 is to design and build an assistive technology machine using VEX components that will help a person with a disability. Start by researching disabilities and assistive technology and then develop a robotic machine that can help someone dealing with a disability. Your machine may either provide assistance itself or it can be a working scale VEX prototype of a larger machine. An elegant engineering solution demonstrated using VEX is the goal of this challenge.

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This is the robot that we built to help children with Cerebral Palsy. The robot helps pattern children and will help improve their brain function.

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    The disability that this robot is helping is cerebral palsy. This disease is caused by permanent brain damage before birth or during infancy. Cerebral palsy is a term for a group of diseases that are non-progressive and non-contagious. Some of these diseases are movement and posture disability. This is a life-long condition. The result of this is a muscular inability to move part or all of the body, limited motor skills, speech difficulties, learning disabilities, posture disabilities, or other problems.
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    file name: The disability that this robot is helping is cerebral palsy.doc
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    Our robot is helping this disease by making it easier and more efficient to pattern children. At this point in time, patterning is done by two or three therapists who physically move the child. This helps the child learn how to crawl. There are some problems with this. If more than one therapist performs this act, there is not a guarantee that they will do it in the same way or speed. With our robot, it will always pattern in the same way and speed, and can adjust to the child’s point in learning. Also, it never gets tired so it can go on a lot longer than therapists can.
    file type: Word Document (application/msword)
    file name: Our robot is helping this disease by making it easier and more efficient to pattern children.doc
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  • Baby in patterning robot
    Baby in patterning robot
    This picture shows the baby being patterned by the robot.
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    file name: Picture 001.jpg
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  • Underside of our robot
    Underside of our robot
    This picture shows the underside of our patterning robot.
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  • Side view of our Robot
    Side view of our Robot
    This picture shows a side view of our patterning robot .
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    file name: Picture 003.jpg
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  • Top View of our Robot
    Top View of our Robot
    This picture shows a top view of our patterning robot.
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    file name: Picture 004.jpg
    file size: 2.06 MB
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  • Patterning Helper
    Our video shows how our robot would be used to pattern a child with Cerebral Palsy.
    file type: YouTube Video (youtube)
    file URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdbN0MJl-U4

User Details

blamb
Team Number: 37
Joined: 08-05-2007 12:26 AM
Challenge Entries: 1 entry

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  • jfeord14
    04-18-2010 06:48 PM
    great cause, i don't quite know if saftey is possible you had to use vex parts
  • Clean Sweep Man
    03-18-2010 08:21 AM
    I see what you are trying to do, this is infact a very amazing idea, i just don't know if it safe.
  • Austin Flamthrower
    03-15-2010 06:35 PM
    This is a prototype if this was used for a real baby there would definitely be padding. Something similar has been made but this puts the child in a different position and this should be more comfortable.
  • Clean Sweep Man
    03-09-2010 02:55 PM
    This has already been invented
  • muffinman
    03-08-2010 10:20 PM
    A good idea for a good cause, but it just seems a little dangerous and i wouldnt leave a baby with that
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