Customize extended artificial lower-limbs for dancers by personal data with six-axis 3D printing technology

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The emergence of additive manufacturing technologies such as 3D printing raises the possibility of producing personalized wearable limbs that are tailored to fit the bodies of individuals. In parallel, the spread of lightweight cameras and computer vision techniques together with other ubiquitous sensors and ever-smaller wifi- enabled computing platforms suggest that future prosthetics could behave more smartly, for example adapting their gripping mechanisms to specific objects that they can see. This PhD will adopt a user-centred approach to the design of future prosthetics, seeking to understand how users actually engage with the everyday world, especially the many everyday challenges that they must overcome, and then reflecting these in the design of new prosthetics that combine additive manufacturing, computer vision and possibly other technologies.