Robotic Arm Gets a Grip on Uses

Sep-09-17 The Robotic Arm from Cornell adds a helping hand when you need it most.

The Cornell robot arm was created to bridge the gap between the large, industrial-scale wearable arms and the smaller, hand-worn digits. The robotic arm is worn on the elbow, where it can rotate and extend its gripping mechanism up to 16 centimeters. Rather than replacing the wearer’s limbs and digits, the arm is meant to function as a sort of helping hand, stabilizing objects, the user, or even performing “human-robot handovers.”

In the interest of gathering ideas for the arm, the Cornell team turned to social media for inspiration, which led them to believe the arm would be most useful in industrial and professional settings.

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