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Have you ever considered just how impressive the human hand really is?
Hands can perform a myriad of tasks like manipulating pens, pencils, needles and other tools to create art and build things. At the same time, hands are strong enough to hold a person’s own body weight. Wouldn’t it be cool if you could actually build your own life-like robotic hand? That’s exactly what Class 201 did in their recent STEM lesson.
After learning about human and animal prosthetics, Ms. Perillo’s class was assigned a really exciting robotics engineering project that involved constructing robotic hands that actually worked! Ms. Perrillo’s class was given various supplies that included drinking straws, thick paper, tape, scissors, and string. Using these materials they were responsible for making a right and left hand complete with moveable joints. The class project gave students an engaging lesson in examining the properties of modern materials and how they can be used to imitate human body parts. The experience offered the class some insight on the links between modern technology and health.
