Engineering Design Celebration

Team Members:

Krishnan Nair, Pavithran Naicker, Kenneth Mohs, Arya Shajpaul

Sponsor: Elasthetics and UD Department of Physical Therapy

Sponsor Description: 

The mission of Elasthetics is to develop comfortable robots to assist the motion of children with disabilities. Their products deploy soft motors, AKA artificial muscles, to create comfortable and natural assist. Developed in conjunction with the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Delaware, their first product, the DE-AFO, is a robotic ankle foot orthosis (AFO) for children with cerebral palsy (CP) to help them walk more comfortably and longer. DE-AFO is subject-specific to fit the children with different deviation and deformities; it is modular for cost-efficient maintenance; it is scalable to accommodate for the child growth; it is acoustically noiseless and low profile to be less conspicuous and fit in normal-size shoes.

Faculty Advisor: Prof. Ashutosh Khandha

Presentation Time: 2:30 – 3:00

Room #: 5