Meet the Modular Prosthetic Limb
This realistic robot arm and hand was one of the coolest things we saw at the DARPA Robotics Challenge event–it’s a technology that’s already being field tested on patients. We chat with Michael McLoughlin, Chief Engineer at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab to learn more about the challenges of building a modular prosthetic limb that has the same dexterity as a human hand, and its potential applications.
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I love prosthetic research and the amount of movement in this one is fantastic. They have gave it fingernails.
Though couldn’t help but notice the emergency shutoff switch, wonder if that was added after watching a certain episode of the Big Bang. 😉
This is incredible…
He reminds me of somebody, okay…
Is he exactly Professor John Nerdelbaum Frink, Jr?
Any one know where to find Norm’s TShirt? of the artist? Im assuming is Anna Fischer?