Dr.ir. G. (Gerwin) Smit
Dr.ir. G. (Gerwin) Smit
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Expertise
Main expertise:
Design of Medical Devices
Other research fields:
Minimally invasive surgery
Rehabilitation technology
Lower limb prosthetics
Biography
Gerwin Smit is an Associate Professor, with a research interest in design of prosthetic devices, medical devices and hand anatomy.
His research group developed the 'Hundred Dollar Hand', a prosthetic hand that can be produced anywhere in the world, based on 3D-printing and laser cutting. This hand prosthesis, is currently being produced in India. More info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUUl_CJxy60
Another prosthetic hand developed by his group, is the 'Self Grasping Hand'. This hand performs its grasp based on the principle of 'tenodesis' as seen in the human hand. This principle causes the hand to close, when it is flexed backwards, around the wrist. This hand prosthesis is being produced in the Netherlands, under the name 'mHand Adapt'. More info: https://www.moveable.nl/en/everything-about-the-moveable-mhand-adapt
In 2020 he initiated Project Inspiration. Inspired by a medical ventilator from the Boerhaave museum, his team developed an emergency medical ventilator, that can be produced anywhere in the world. This resulted in an international collaboration, in which ventilators were produced and tested in different countries, including Guatemala, Panama, India en Ethiopia. Read more about this project on: https://www.projectinspiration.nl
In 2013 he presented the Delft Cylinder Hand. Worlds lightest prosthetic hand, driven by miniature hydraulic cylinders. TEDx Talk by Gerwin Smit on the development of the Delft Cylinder Hand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75wpABkscHU&feature=player_embedded
Expertise
Publications
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2024
3D-printing allows for fluid-controlled linear actuators with unconventional shapes
Eva Zillen / Bob van der Windt / Heike Vallery / Gerwin Smit
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2024
A quantitative comparison between the mHand Adapt passive adjustable hand prosthesis and its predecessor, the Delft Self-Grasping Hand
S.L.L. Krinis / Alix Chadwell / Laurence Kenney / G. Smit
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2023
Design and evaluation of the pneumatic leg prosthesis ERiK to assist elderly amputees with sit-down and stand-up movements
H. Vallery / F. Lachmann / S.G. van der Helm / A. Pennycott / G. Smit
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2023
Experimental Validation of Functional Iterative Learning Control on a One-Link Flexible Arm
S.C. Drost / P. Pustina / Franco Angelini / Alessandro De Luca / G. Smit / C. Della Santina
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2023
FinFix: A Soft Gripper With Contact-Reactive Reflex for High-Speed Pick and Place of Fragile Objects
W.M. Heeringa / C. Della Santina / G. Smit
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Courses 2023
Courses 2022
Media
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2020-06-10
Mexico ontvangt een prototype van een mechanisch beademingsapparaat TU Delft
Appeared in: Delftse Post
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2020-05-06
TU Delft ventilator shipped to Guatemala
Appeared in: Delta
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2020-05-01
A COVID-19 Ventilator for Everyone
Appeared in: Engineering for Change
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2020-04-25
Beademingsmachine beschikbaar
Appeared in: Nederlands Dagblad
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2020-04-21
"Geïnspireerd door een museumstuk maakt Hugo van het Heelal een beademingsmachine."
Appeared in: Parels Van De Nacht
Ancillary activities
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2023-01-01 - 2025-01-01
Cars: wholesale, retail and repairs
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2023-01-01 - 2025-01-01
Healthcare and social services
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2023-01-01 - 2025-01-01
Healthcare and social services
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2023-01-01 - 2025-01-01
Cars: wholesale, retail and repairs
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2023-01-01 - 2025-01-01
Healthcare and social services
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2023-01-01 - 2025-01-01
Healthcare and social services