I don't buy it. Too slim...a sheath with a fully functional hand and arm inside. No power supply, just some wires. No room for any electro-mechanical mechanism/inorganic musculature. In all, total bollocks.
I am not certain, but it seems that there is no power supply needed. It appears that the entire hand is powered by the cables that run from the fingers around the back, and you have to learn to use it correctly. By placing tension onto the cables, you can open or close the fingers. I am certainly not an engineer, but I have seen this type of mechanism used, in very early prototypes of prosthetics. It is hard to know for certain with this particular arm, but it would make sense, with a cheap and 3-D printable model, that you don't have to wire a motor and such to it.
I know a guy who lost his right hand & wrist at about the same place. He controls his prosthetic hook by flexing his shoulder & pulling a cable connected to a harness. It looks like the guy in the video is doing the same thing.
I don't buy it. Too slim...a sheath with a fully functional hand and arm inside. No power supply, just some wires. No room for any electro-mechanical mechanism/inorganic musculature. In all, total bollocks.
ReplyDeleteI am not certain, but it seems that there is no power supply needed. It appears that the entire hand is powered by the cables that run from the fingers around the back, and you have to learn to use it correctly. By placing tension onto the cables, you can open or close the fingers.
DeleteI am certainly not an engineer, but I have seen this type of mechanism used, in very early prototypes of prosthetics. It is hard to know for certain with this particular arm, but it would make sense, with a cheap and 3-D printable model, that you don't have to wire a motor and such to it.
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I guess you didn't register the THREE fingers, all of which are the same diameter, on the mechanical hand. I think that throws out your theory.
DeleteI know a guy who lost his right hand & wrist at about the same place. He controls his prosthetic hook by flexing his shoulder & pulling a cable connected to a harness.
DeleteIt looks like the guy in the video is doing the same thing.
If he lost his right hand and wrist in the same place why were they lost? I would think they would be easy to find.
DeleteThe makers say it's so flexible he can wipe his ass with it. Impressive, but personally, I prefer to use toilet paper.
ReplyDeleteIf you fairly careful I am sure that you could spray paint it in the pattern that you want.
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