Sentences with phrase «artificial hand»

These arms are modelled on the» Belgrade Hand», one of the first artificial hands created with a sense of touch invented in 1963 by the Serbian scientist Rajko Tomović at the University of Belgrade responding to the limb loss of soldiers in the aftermath of the Second World War.

Inadequate tactile feedback is a leading shortcoming of prosthetic limbs, but for artificial hands, just a few sensors that relay grasp pressure back to the user can provide the functionality needed to enable delicate tasks (2).

Weir has developed such a device, called an Implantable Myoelectric Sensor, or IMES, which he has been using to develop artificial hands.

Recent breakthroughs in technology could mean a fully functional artificial hand may be on the horizon

«Kingpin» includes a scene where a bowler's artificial hand gets stuck in the ball and rolls down the alley, flop flop flop.

Domanović has recently been creating 3 - D printed sculptures based on the «Belgrade Hand» — a post-war artificial hand with a sense of touch.

In February, Micera and his colleagues announced that they had successfully tested the first artificial hand to provide its user with real - time sensory feedback that can be used to modulate grasping force.

An artificial hand that looked and moved like the real thing.

Instead Naber's prosthetics will be based on a design where the amputee wears the prosthetic on a harness and can screw on different types of attachments — a hook or artificial hand, for example — at the wrist.

Observations and results You should be able to build an artificial hand that can pick up light objects, such as ping - pong balls, empty plastic bottles or small stuffed animals.

Building a artificial hand that can do all those things quite a challenge!

The results indicate that our bodily self is much more flexible and plastic as it was previously assumed,» says Roman Liepelt, «because in our experiment a smartphone, which has absolutely no similarity to a human hand, produced an illusion similarly strong to that of an artificial hand.

The bionic hand creates sensation by sending signals from sensors embedded in the artificial hand's «tendons» to electrodes implanted in the remaining nerves of the wearer's arm.

It was created by the Mexican Max Ortiz Catalan, who lives in Sweden, the device becomes an extension of the human body through osseointegration, this means that it connects directly to the bone via a titanium implant, and thanks to the neuronal and muscle binding interfaces a robust and intuitive control of the artificial hand is achieved, this way just by thinking about it is possible to move the limb.

Today's prosthesis users have to rely on visual cues to know whether they are touching or gripping something with their artificial hands.

He can remotely operate doors, an artificial hand, and an electronic wheelchair.

Hand synergies: Integration of robotics and neuroscience for understanding the control of biological and artificial hands..

Skywalker resting his artificial hand on R2 - D2, Darth Vader's heat - warped helmet.

He says, Stop making pinch pots; instead, build a 3 - D printer and turn out artificial hands for homeless amputees.