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Post by soldierreaper on Jun 20, 2014 14:19:14 GMT
The phrase "I could use another pair of hands" can finally be taken literally as researchers at MIT have come up with just that. Robotic arms to be precise.
The arms were developed to be worn as a shoulder mounted pack allowing people to take multi-tasking to another level.
The pack, which isn't quite at the level of Doctor Octopus' arms of spider-Man fame, weigh in at 9kg. While the arms will help a person carrying a box to open and open a door, for example, it's still early days.
The really cool part about these robot arms is their ability to learn a user's body movements. Since they're mimicking real arms they can learn how the user works and adapt to predict when movement is needed. So learning to go for the door-knob when you get home laden with shopping bags is a very real possibility.
While, realistically, we're not going to see people wearing these anytime soon they could be useful. For manual workers who need extra hands these may catch on. We're going to wait for a full-body exoskeleton that gives us super strength.
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Post by buddhaman on Jun 20, 2014 22:29:17 GMT
Lol they're like baby doc Oct arms! We certainly have an awesome future ahead of us. Also I might poop myself if the next article you post is about scientist splicing spider nda with humans!
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Post by blade on Jun 22, 2014 19:18:25 GMT
This reminds of the dude with the long arms on Spiderman. Can't remember his name.
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Post by buddhaman on Jun 22, 2014 23:16:45 GMT
This reminds of the dude with the long arms on Spiderman. Can't remember his name. Dr octopus
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Post by blade on Jun 22, 2014 23:40:41 GMT
haha. I only looked at the pic in the video. Should have read it.
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