PA R K IN S O N 'S

SPOON
Agrah MV Mentored by:Catherine J Nereveettil
Savio Sabu Asst.Professor-Christ college of Engineering,
Sourav Sunilkumar Irinjalakuda
TABLE OF CONTE NT
3 Objectives
3

4 Literature review

5 Novelty

6 Block Diagram

7 and Explanation

8 Technology and

9 Components

10 used Circuit

Diagram and
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Explanation
12
Objectives

To analyse how an Arduino microcontroller can be implemented to

help people with impaired motor skills.

To check how fast can the device react for a motion and will it be
fast enough to help people with high frequency tremors

To observe to what extent will the device fit the hand of the user
 Literature
Review
More than 10 million people worldwide are living with
Parkinson's disease (PD).
Incidence of Parkinson’s disease increases with age, but an
estimated four percent of people with PD are diagnosed before
age 50.
Medications alone cost an average of $2,500 a year and
therapeutic surgery can cost up to $100,000 per person.
Currently available models of gimbal based spoon mechanism
available in the market costs an upward of 15000 and may not
be affordable to a large amount of the population
The existing lineup does not provide any additional features
or feedback system
N O V ELTY
Easy to handle.

Better stability

Reduces tremors of people with parkinsons disease while

eating . cost efficient

High speed motors used for better accuracy

BLOCK DIAGRAM AND
EXPLANATION
Accelerometere and Gyroscope M P U 6050
is used .The data from the M P U is sent to
the microcontroller,Arduino Nano .
A 9V battery is used to power up the
arduino. The arduino is programed in such a
way that it will make the servo motor rotate
in a direction opposite to that of the M P U.
W hen the M P U moves upwards the spoon
attached to the servo moves downwards
and vice versa.
Similarly in the horizontal direction
TECHNOLOGY AND COMPONENTS USED
Arduino Nano
The Arduino Nano microcontroller
is a small device.The Arduino Nano
is categorized as a microcontroller
that uses the ATmega328 as a
controller in it.
All these components are attached
in the Arduino Nano board to
make it functioning and can be
used in the project.
SG 90 Servo
motor
Micro 9g servo FS90 is a small
yet powerful servo motor with
the ability to rotate
approximately 180 degrees with a
torque output of approximately
0,127 Nm. The motor have 3
pins in total, one for the signals
(PW M), one for the input voltage
(Vcc) with an operating voltage of
about 4.8 V or 6 V and one for
MPU 6050
The MPU6050 combines a three-axis
gyroscope and a three-axis
accelerometer on the same board,
along with an onboard Digital Motion
Processor. it can accurately track user
motions. W ith the gyroscope and the
accelerometer, which both are triple axis
Micro Electrical Mechanical Systems
(MEMS), it can provide information of the
boards angular position and acceleration
Circuit diagram and
explanation
During normal situation, stabilising a spoon
will work like any other ordinary spoon and
won’t interfere in day to day chores but the
moment the MPU detects force or
pressure it sends a signal to activate IMU
(MPU6050) which determines the magnitude
of angle and whether it is Roll or Pitch
angle.

Then the readings will go to the Arduino Nano

console where input and output pins are
connected which will in turn send directions to
the motor to rotate according to the phase of
angle. The spoon cannot cancel the full effect
of tremor but it can reduce the effect by 70%
which is quite helpful for the
patient.
patient.
 RESULTS
prototype 1 prototype 2

Prototype 1 was made in a Prototype 2 was made in a casing

breadboard using Arduino UNO and and using Arduino Nano to reduce the
was sucessfull. size and was sucessfull.
Conclusion
The aim of this project is to produce a stabilizing spoon that
will compensate for unintended motions, such as tremors.
With a low budget, the goal is to make a highly efficient
prototype that consists mainly of a microcontroller and servo
motors. There are several different technological assisting
spoons on the market today, but the products are
unfortunately quite expensive. With results from this project,
further research could be able to continue developing cheaper
and better stabilizing spoons.
 A D VA N TA G E S D I S A D VA N TA G E S
Some of the users who are under continuous monitoring
Self Stabilizing utensils feature ease of use for any meal
like patients who have pacemaker or other medical
as they are simple to use. There are detachable and
electronic device implants need to use this utensil with
attachment options like attachment of fork, attachment
care. Since, the self stabilizing utensil has small magnets
of soup spoon, attachment of regular spoon, other useful
which have magnetic strength similar to the magnetic
attachments like pen, screwdriver, paint, and many in
strength of ordinary household magnets. These magnetic
place of spoon.
strength may influence the working of implants so its
better to hold the utensil far as possible
Our device can also last long as it has a full battery for
continuous power supply and lasts while performing many
The Self stabilizing utensil is designed to handle
tasks. So, users can use them happily without worrying
moderate essential tremors. If the user experiences
about its longevity and finish their work and tasks with
severe tremors then the utensil’s performance in
ease.
stabilizing may not be that effective.

Our solution can make them socially active and prevent

them from being isolated, so we believe this technology
helps to mitigate their isolation. Since our solution helps
them with their everyday chores they need not worry
about awkwardness
 References

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Parkinson's disease” 2013 International Conference on Smart Structures & Systems (JCSSS-20 13), March
28 - 29, 2013, Chennai, INDIA

H. Uchitomil, K. Suzukil, T. Nishil, M. J. Hove, Y. Wada, S. Orimo, Y. Miyakel “Interpersonal

Synchronybased Dynamic Stabilization” Of the Gait Rhythm between Human and Virtual RobotClinical
Application to Festinating Gait of Parkinson's Disease Patient Tokyo Institute of Technology, Midori,
Yokohama 226-8502, Japan.

Suprio Bhattacharya, Rahul Krishna, Brent Clay, and Christopher Moore “‘sHaKe_n_SCALE’: A
Measurement system of Motor characteristics of Parkinson’s disease” IEEE VACS 2015
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