Sign Language Hand Spelling Robot
The Application below was entered into the Electronics and Inventions Category in the 2003 California State Fair. This application implements the BASIC Stamp® module. Congratulations to the winner. Click on the pictures for a larger view of the project images. |
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FUN FACT: 75% of all 2003 California State Fair Electronic Invention projects use the BASIC Stamp microcontroller!
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1st Place Winner - Sign Language; Hand Spelling Robot
This Project was submitted to Parallax by Shingo Miura |
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| This is an electromechanical hand controlled by a BASIC Stamp 2p microcontroller. This device can be used for three different functions; a finger spelling sign language robot, substitution for a human arm, and a remote controlled hazardous area hand robot. Enhancement of this design includes better intelligibility, smaller size, lightweight, and the ability to optimize hand position. In the finger spell mode, key presses are entered with a keypad or keyboard and the software translates these key presses into commands for the DC Servo motors. The servo arms rotate and push/pull the wire which connects to the finger linkage. This allows the keypad (keyboard) input to be transformed into motion representing finger spelling. |