Istanbul Gelisim University - “Bionic Robot Hand” project makes it to the TEKNOFEST finals

“Bionic Robot Hand” project makes it to the TEKNOFEST finals

The finalists of ‘Technology for the Benefit of Humanity Competition’ have been announced at Aviation, Space and Technology Festival, TEKNOFEST. The team called Parzival Robotics has made it to the finals with their "Bionic Robot Hand" project. Undertaking the mentorship of the project, Electrical and Electronics Engineer Asst. Prof. Ekrem Süzen made statements about the project.

From Istanbul Gelisim University, Electrical and Electronics Engineer Asst. Prof. Ekrem Süzen said, “We have three control types, first with flex sensor, second with muscle signals (EMG) and finally with the brain waves (EEG). The most important area where we can use this project will be the people who have lost their limbs. First, the most suitable control type can be determined for the person who has lost their limb, and then they can start using it after a few adjustments. By making some more improvements, it can be used in places where physical strength is high, for example, on the feet, legs, back. Thus, processes will be carried out in a healthier, more reliable and high performance manner.

“THERE ARE VERY FEW PROJECTS CONTROLLED WITH MIND”

Emphasizing that they have two goals with this project, Süzen said, “Our first aim is to have a better life for people who lost any of their limbs from an accident (amputees) or from birth. Our second aim is to bring forward the control forms that are not common nowadays. There are very few projects that we can control just by thinking right now. Muscle control is a very rarely used control method. We decided to implement this project because we aim to use these control methods more.”