Project Brief

The AntiCankle is a device to help prevent rolling your ankle during a tennis match or even tennis practice. We designed a shoe that detects when your ankle could be injured from lateral sliding . The shoe is connected to a ankle brace, and when activated a mechanism on the shoe will pull down on the brace, stabalizing the ankle.

Use Diagram

Research

• 30 percent of injuries in tennis are ankle injuries.
• Ankle injuries are caused from over usage, strains, and fractures.
• 1/4 of the tennis community get ankle injuries throughout their career.

Technical Precedent:

Seatbelt Retracting Mechanism

Conceptual Precedent:

Ankle Brace

Aspirational Precedent:

Sleek looking brace

Precedents

Moodboard

Sketches

Iterations 

Trying on our first prototype

Messing with different strength servos

Setting up our Arduino to be modeled

Process Photos

Functional Prototype

Functional Diagram

Electronic Diagram

Storyboard

Video

Final Model

Final Model

(on foot)

Thank you :)