IRB: We have completed the application for the Institutional Review Board (IRB) that we will be submitting this week in order to test the device on human subjects. The objectives of the test performed on the subjects are to test that the force applicators hit the foot and to determine if the monofilament applications are predictable by the subject. 

Project Progress: Almost all of the device’s parts are in. We now have the motor drivers, stepper motors, Arduino Mega, 7-segment display, jumper wires, monofilaments, rack and pinions, steel rods, and aluminum plate. This week we will be ordering screw terminals for the motor drivers, a push button for the user input, and a switch to turn on the device. We are also finishing the SolidWorks and will be sending the designs to the 3-D printer this week. The code for the randomization of the forces, locations, and time intervals has been completed in C++ and we are currently working on converting the code to be utilized in Arduino.