" My aim is for Open Bionics to disrupt the prosthetics industry by offering affordable prosthetics for all.”
Nuff said!
A 3D-printed robot hand for amputees has won the UK heat of this year's James Dyson Award, which recognises university graduate inventions. Joel Gibbard, a 25-year-old robotics graduate from Plymouth University, created a prototype which can be assembled in 40 hours for under £1,000. Advanced prosthetics can cost anything from …
A really useful piece of 3D printing, other than the Vulture's own special project that is.
The next thing is for some wally to print a hand with a gun built into it.
Personally as a lapsed robotics engineer I think one of the ways forward for humaniform robotics is as prosthetic devices for humans who are disabled in some way, to enable them to live as close to a normal life as possible.
Materials and drives are so much better than in the '80s and probably the engineers are smarter too nice to see innovation like this.
Nice one!
Being targeted at prosthetics, hopefully they'll start using materials considered safe for long term skin exposure.
The last time I saw these guys (few months ago) they were using NinjaFlex, which isn't regarded as safe for skin contact applications.
Rapid prototyping is good, but material safety is important as well.