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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. Now we're finally closer to the first... by dohzer · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...robotic handjob.

  2. Re:Sounds perfect by markov_chain · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now the Japanese must develop the next version of their robot arm so it can beat this one.

    The arms race begins!

    *rimshot*

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