PAMM2 (Personal Aid for Mobility and Health Monitoring, version 2)
PAMM2 System Overview*:
Figure 1: A traditional walker is integrated with the PAMM sensor-kit
The Personal Aid Mobility and Health Monitoring (PAMM) system is an affordable sensor-kit that easily installs in a traditional walker, which will be used to quantitatively measure the effectiveness of drugs against Parkinson’s Disease. Family doctors, researchers, and hospitals can use the tool to recommend better medication to patients.
Figure 2: Wheel modules with quadrature encoders and handle grips with force sensors integrate seamlessly to existing walkers.
Components:
Figure 3: Electronics board for PAMM2 shows an arduino for processing, a 16G 3-axis accelerometer sensor, a SD card for data logging, and an RJ45 Female connectors to interface with the external sensors. This board will go inside an electronics enclosure box
Figure 4: A closeup view of the simplistic design of the wheel-quadrature encoder module.
Figure 5: A closeup view of a standard RJ45 connector which connects the external modules to the electronics board.
Data Collection Specifications:
Table 1: The table shows an overview of the individual sensors and their specifications which will be useful for data scientists.
*This project is under the supervision of Professor Steven Dubowsky. The design, manufacturing, and integration is also a collaboration with MIT graduate student, Nate Michaluk.