The Team’s Objective At Proportion-Air, we’re proud to support students pushing the limits of electro-pneumatic control. This year, a Purdue University capstone team developed a virtually controlled pneumatic excavator, allowing an operator to control digging movements through a VR headset. By combining virtual reality with pneumatic actuation, the team created an intuitive human-machine interface where … Continued
The Concept As the Fall 2025 semester concludes, the Proportion-Air sponsored capstone team at Purdue Polytechnic Institute has achieved significant progress on an innovative project: a virtually controlled pneumatic digging arm equipped with a bucket. This concept, originally proposed by Dr. Jose Garcia-Bravo, aims to demonstrate Proportion-Air’s advanced pneumatic control capabilities through the integration of … Continued