MIT robotics project is powered by just a wristband
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BGR — As technology improves, researchers slowly bridge the gap between prosthetics and human limbs: Scientists have developed a prosthetic hand that lets users feel temperatures and bionic legs that move through brain impulses. Now, a new development brings robotic hands one step closer to mimicking the intricate movements of the palm and fingers.
In March, a team of engineers at MIT revealed a special wristband that tracks the movements of muscles and transmit signals that make a robotic hand mirror the wearer's motions. The revolutionary device uses ultrasound technology to track muscles, tendons, and ligaments in the wrist and uses an AI algorithm to translate those signals for a robotic hand in under 120 milliseconds.
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