Week 3: Sketch of Possible Design

Figure 1: A possible mechanism for trigger the hand.

Fishing line will be used to help move the fingers and thumb and assisting in the opening and closing of the hand.  When the motor turns,  fishing line on one side of the hand will be shortened while it is simultaneously lengthened on the other side.  When the motor turns the other way, the opposite will occur.  This is a depiction of where the fishing line will be attached to the glove and guided toward the motor with relation to the joints of the hands.  The green symbols indicate "sliding attachments" where the fishing line can be threaded through and slide with the pulling of the line.  It will be permanently attached to the tips of the fingers and thumb.