Just as there are several players in the neuroprosthetic limb market, there’s now a second robotic arm to aid in strength training for stroke victims. The New Industry Research Organization (NIRO) has a robot arm with a novel mechanism:
The way it works is this: Four pressure sensors in the arm section of the jacket capture muscle movement. When the healthy arm bends and extends, the jacket analyzes this data and sends compressed air to the affected arm, where eight artificial muscles affixed there expand and contract in the same way as the movement in the healthy arm.
This device offers an alternative to RUPERT, which we covered in May.
Which robot arm is superior? We believe this can only be settled by an arm wrestling match.
Via Engadget