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Designing a Biomimetic Prosthetic Flipper for a Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle

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Lola is a Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle that has an amputated right pectoral flipper. Our team focused our efforts on creating a lightweight, durable attachment that minimized application time and aligned properly to the residual limb. A final design was created in order to maximize the effectiveness of the device, while maintaining the biomechanics of the original flipper design. This work created a foundation that can be applied to other amputee turtles in order to improve their quality of life.

  • This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.
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  • E-project-042517-140658
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  • 2017
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  • 2017-04-25
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