The smart arm team, competed to the Cybathlon Global Edidtion 2024 in the ARM race and in the ROB race. The competition took place in Zürich, in October 2024.
In the ARM category, 10 tasks were presented to the pilots:
Carry Bottles Place weighted bottles into the crate and carry them to the table. Test involves picking up and carrying heavy objects.
Serving Food Carry a casserole dish and a frying pan from the stove to a location on a table. Test involves grasping and carrying objects of significant weight from one location to another.
Storing Dishes Grasp and stow away kitchen objects at the predefined target locations. Test involves manipulating objects in confined spaces and at varying heights.
Hanging Laundry Hang up the hooded sweater on the clothesline using a hanger. Test involves compatibility of the prosthesis's function, size, and shape for daily life tasks.
Do-It-Yourself Use a variety of hand tools in the context of do-it-yourself type work. Test involves dexterous use of hand tools with the prosthetic hand and wrist.
Containers Conduct a series of kitchen-related bimanual tasks. Test involves using kitchen tools and objects with precise two-handed actions.
Haptic Bag Identify and fetch objects of various shapes and flexibility without visual assistance. Test involves feeling different shapes and compliance of objects with prostheses.
Hot Wire Guide a loop with the prosthetic hand along a curved metal wire without touching it. Test involves maintaining a tight grip during sustained postural changes of the prosthetic hand.
Stacking Stack cups into a vertical pyramid. Test involves maintaining a stable grip during postural changes of the arm.
Clean Sweep Move objects from the box on one table to the target position on the other table. Test involves picking up small objects of varying shapes, sizes, and textures.
For the Assistant Robot race, also 10 tasks were presented to the pilots :
Mailbox Remove a parcel from a mailbox and transport it to a target location. Test involves the ability to grasp objects from within confined spaces.
Toothbrush Use the toothbrush. Test involves the ability to handle objects with heterogeneous properties such as shape, compliance, and texture.
Pick Up Pick up a bottle from the floor and place it on a table. Test involves the ability to pick up and stow scattered objects on the floor to clear obstacles.
Eating Use a user-assistance robot to pick and eat an apple. Test involves the ability to safely maneuver objects and bring them into contact with the pilot safely.
Scarf Hang a scarf on a clothesline. Test involves the ability to manipulate a soft fabric.
Navigation Pass between individual pieces of furniture while avoiding robots that are roaming the task space. Test involves the ability to navigate static and moving objects, adjust speed, and avoid collisions.
Touchscreen Navigate a touchscreen and order a predefined food item. Test involves the ability to maneuver user interfaces on touchscreens.
Door Open, pass through, and close a door. Test involves the ability to open, pass through, and close a door.
Object Placement Grab the correct object and set it on a predefined location. Test involves the ability to identify and fetch objects to place them in a given location.
Dishwasher Empty a dishwasher. Test involves the ability to grasp fragile objects in limited spaces and place them in a given location.
