The Infant Smart Anklet for Infants At Risk of Developing Cerebral Palsy
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The Infant Smart Anklet collects live data during an infant’s spontaneous kicking and provides augmented reinforcement to improve their movements. This cost efficient system utilizes a sensor in the form of an anklet that sends data to a mobile app. The app then triggers a robotic mobile located above the infant when the data meets a specific threshold. This system provides a form of early intervention for infants that may be at-risk of developing motor disabilities such as cerebral palsy.
The infant smart Anklet is a small portion of the Infant Smart Mobile project. The Infant Smart Mobile Project consists of myself and three other undergraduate student researchers designing a robotic system that will interact with infants to help develop their kicking patterns. The target population for this research includes children who may be at-risk for developing cerebral palsy, a motor disorder caused by abnormal brain development either before or shortly after birth. Our system will include sensors incorporated into a baby suit and anklet that will assess a child's kicking pattern and then trigger a robotic mobile to help improve the detected patterns.