International recognition

TouchBionics’ prosthetic hand has won the 2008 Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award and been recognised by Time Magazine. The i-limb Hand was launched in 2007 as the world’s first powered prosthetic hand to incorporate articulating fingers – five independently powered digits that open and close around objects in a more natural and anatomically correct way than any previous hand prosthesis.

Actuation for humanoids

“There are 10’s of thousands of electric motor designs in the world … none of them were suitable for a humanoid robot… “ Musk

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Re. Humanoids

To get the humanoids to replace people will require mechanisms/wiring that approach these fantastic reliabilities.

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