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A new robotic hand developed by the German Aerospace Institute and the Harbin Institute of Technology uses servo-actuators which are completely integrated into the hand allowing the four fingers, each with three degrees of freedom, to grip with torque...
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Barrett Technologies uses wire cables and brushless motors to produce a high torque and near zero-friction robotic arm that is completely backdrivable. Equipped with a robotic hand that has self-contained motors and processors, the system can be mounted...
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Researchers at the Human Neuromechanics Laboratory, University of Michigan , are studying human locomotion and artificial muscles that have very high power output at a very low weight and are designed for patients with neurological disorders to aid in...
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Using servo motors, magnetic encoders for monitoring and differential force on springs to create torque, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are creating robotic legs that can walk, run, jump; something we don't even think about when we do these...
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If you wanted to cause an injury to see how to fix it, using people as subjects might be a bit dicey on the ethics front. Brian Davis, Ph.D., of the Cleveland Clinic takes us to the Accident Lab where they tear robotic ACLs.
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Most engineers are familiar with MEMS, Microelectromechanical Systems , and their common applications in cars, displays, optical switching and pressure sensors. Shuvo Roy, Ph.D., and his team plan to bring this technology to medicine and through a very...
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Using argon lasers and a real time camera, researchers are able to load a sample and then surgically remove samples of interest at the micro level. Judy Drazba, Ph.D., Director of the Imaging Core at the Cleveland Clinic , shows us the system in action...