The robotic arm Limber Bionic Arm, which is connected to the smartphone

As time goes by, the technology improved, and we constantly observe decline in earlier revolutionary technology to a level that allows to use them in large quantities. 3D-press is one of these technologies, because it is now almost anyone in the developed world can afford a desktop 3D-printer.


Other technologies are also being developed. For example, smart phones, tablets and mini-computers can now perform tasks to perform that car 20 years ago, even at the price of 100 times greater could not even come close.

One Japanese company called exiii is possible to create a myoelectric arm that not only exponentially more functionality than протезы hands ten years ago, but is available at a low price.



The device is being developed for several years, and the latest version of the bionic arm handiii exiii, to the amazement of the audience, was presented last week at SXSW. The hand, like in the movie with Will Smith, 2004 "I, Robot", with bent fingers and a bit like a spider:



The greatest advantage of the bionic arm handiii - in price. Incredibly, unlike other costly myoelectric hands that use expensive computer systems, handii applies smartphone.

EMG sensor on the hand of the owner sends signals to the smartphone, which processes them and then sends back to the arm, telling what movements have to do. Furthermore, exiii able to create a hand so that it takes one motor to control each finger. Despite the fact that the fingers consist of three joints, a motor disposed in the base of the joint can be operated to all fingers.



Hand Handii, developed with the help of 3D-printing technology, it is very easy to configure and is represented in different colors. Furthermore, the fingers are interchangeable, which means that different fingers may be added in various situations. Maybe you want to have your finger with a rubber texture or possibly with an electric module. Maybe you just want to change the color of your fingers. This all can be done easily.

And best of all, exiii wants to make a bionic arm handiii open source, so that everyone could take as a basis for design, and possibly improve it, as well as the functionality of the device.

The company currently sells a specially designed robotic arm to businesses that are interested in using it for their research, online . Should be interesting to see how quickly the device will go into fashion.



Today everyone already has a smartphone, so that the availability of such a device could make it an attractive option for people all over the world who have no hands .

Do you think this is a potential market for the development of prosthetics?

Source: geektimes.ru/company/robohunter/blog/253098/