Tag: ROBOTICHAND

In 2008, a team of scientists from the University of Pittsburgh demonstrated technology which effectively allowed a monkey to control a robotic arm with its brain. The researchers, directed by Dr. Andrew Schwartz, implanted microelectrodes into the simian's noggin that enabled the primate to manipulate a mechanical system composed of a "hand," an arm, an elbow and a shoulder joint. At the time, ...

For those of us too busy to even act impatient, artist Nik Ramage has created Fingers, a creepy robotic hand cast from his own that will rhythmically drum out frustration for you. A design joke more than a useful gadget, the resin Fingers makes a state of eternal edginess manifest, since they do little else than evoke the original disembodied hand, Thing from 'The Addams Family.' Ramage designed ...