Nico's Grandfather

• MS is when your autoimmune system attacks your nerves and leads to paralysis, speech difficulty, and vision problems.

Forces in VR

I brainstormed 175 OI project and business ideas this summer in preparation for NuVu!

One idea stood out as fun, challenging, and impactful: simulating physical forces in virtual reality. I researched and designed solutions.

While these focused on broad use cases for VR, they also fully met the needs of E.L.I.!

A bad solution to the problem?

Source: the internet.

2 in 100 people live with paralysis



Paralysis has multiple causes:

• Autoimmune Diseases

• Physical accidents

• Cerebral Palsy

• Strokes

• & more

Many solutions exist today

nico you did most research here

Show what is done but what is bad about them in 3 sentence or less

EksoNR: rehab specific exo suit for the lower body.

Harmony: rehab exoskeleton for stroke patients' arms.

Myomo: exoskeleton restores arm functionality.

But are rehab focused, expensive, bulky

nico you did most research here

Show what is done but what is bad about them in 3 sentence or less

Harmony: for rehab only,

not long term functionality

Myomo: very expensive, bulky, not open source.

EksoNR: for leveled rehab only, not for home use

$36k - $65k pricetag!

E.L.I. restores arm functionality

E.L.I. restores arm movement and grip functionality for people with arm paralysis such as Nico's grandfather.

Functionality is restored from the elbow to the hand, enabling lower arm movement and providing a gripping device near the hand.

Users feel more in control, with boosted confidence and improved quality of life.

A good solution to the problem!

Source: the NuVu E.L.I. team.

There are two key modules

Gripper Module

Arm Movement Module

The gripper went through many iterations

We looked into a few first ideas:

Mechanical

Iris

Soft robotics

We took different parts of these and created our next prototype

Pictured: a few of the many, many attempts to solve this problem

Fewer arm iterations, many details to solve

We looked into a few first ideas:

Mechanical

Iris

Soft robotics

We took different parts of these and created our next prototype

We looked into a few first ideas:

Mechanical

Iris

Soft robotics

We took different parts of these and created our next prototype

video

Next is user testing and the design

• We want to test our project with Nico's Grandfather

• We need to hide the cables and tighten the straps



E.L.I.

By: Nico Bellucci and

Gabriel Murray

Exoskeleton for limb independence

Thanks for listening!