The Gesture Layout Observation Via Impedance (GLOVi) Glove was designed as an open-source data capture glove specifically designed for intuitive control of the HANDi Hand and may be also useful in other applications where quantification of finger flexion/extension movements is necessary. The inexpensive design allows low capital investment for pilot research studies or hobby projects, making it possible to provide proof-of-concept before investing in more robust or capable data capture gloves.
The GLOVi Glove consists of off-the-shelf potentiometers, electronic hardware, easy-to find materials, and custom 3D printed parts. Instructions for building the glove and setting up the potentiometers will be available in the near future, and will be your main go-to document while printing and building the glove.
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3D Print Files: The folder that contains the raw STL files as well as the .THING and .x3g files for 3D printing on a Makerbot Replicator 2. NOTE: The STL files have been adjusted to print with proper tolerances in the PLA material. Further, the print orientation is important for many of the files; refer to the .thing files provided if printing .STL files with other softwares besides MakerWare to ensure the proper print orientation.
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STEP Files: This folder contains the STEP files for each of the parts used in the hand, which should be importable into most 3D CAD softwares.
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Arduino Sketches: This folder contains Arduino sketches that are used for controlling the HANDi hand. They can also be used as a basis for your own sketches should you be using the GLOVi Glove for some other purpose.
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Bill of Materials: a detailed list of the off-the-shelf materials and parts required to build the GLOVi Glove. Note: We have listed the distributors that we have used in the past as a point of reference, but be aware that there are multiple distributor options for each part and that we do not endorse the listed distributors in any way.
If you would like to contribute to future official releases of the GLOVi Glove hardware we recommend contacting us on the forums to coordinate with our development team. To get started you will need to fork this repo and once your modification or enhancement is complete submit a pull request.
The GLOVi Glove hardware is released under the Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 license. A local copy of the license that was forked from https://github.com/idleberg/Creative-Commons-4.0-Markdown is available in the repository.