How practical would it be to have one more arm?
Silvestro Micera, a researcher from EPFL, Switzerland, has engineered a robotic third arm to assist people with daily living.
For years, Micera has focused on helping people with sensory and motor deficits to regain independence and quality of life by developing wearable and implantable technologies. He has now, however, turned his attention to exploring what it means to augment the human body.This year at AAAS in Washington, Micera will be presenting his "third arm" research that aims to equip healthy individuals with a robotic arm, essentially giving them a third arm to control.
"Research on three arm control could help us understand how learning is achieved in activities of daily living, but these devices could also be used in logistics to facilitate complicated tasks," MiceraMicera is famous for being the first researcher to provide sensory feedback – in real-time – to an amputee, with a bionic hand, during clinical trials that took place in 2013 with results that were published in 2014.
This was achieved through the instruction of sensory feedback via transversal electrodes that were surgically implanted into major nerves in the amputee's arm. Micera and his team have now been working on that technology, further developing it to provide improved touch resolution of textures with a bionic fingertip, an improved embodiment of the prosthetic limb.The work opens up many futuristic possibilities, especially in restoring motor capabilities to the disabled.
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