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Bionic Arm With Muscle Emulation

Posted by samzenpus on from the gentlemen-we-can-rebuild-him dept.

Gugo writes "German based company FESTO has develop a bionic arm that uses muscle emulation,(video included) with a product called 'fluidic muscle.' It works like a normal animal-human muscle but moved by air inside. This new type of prosthetic offers rapid response, small size, simple assembly and ease of control. On their website they show the range of fluidic muscles with a car race simulator."

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  1. The Music... by Praedon · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That music playing on the film sounds something close to a really cheesy porno. The odd thing about the film, is the fact that the one arm that was writing, seemed to be going back and forth writing. The O was complete before the l's were in HELLO.

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