controlled by toes, attachable 3D-printed robot thumb grasps objects like a real finger
The attachable 3D-printed robot thumb named ‘third thumb’ can be triggered to grasp objects through the pressure points the toes give.
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The attachable 3D-printed robot thumb named ‘third thumb’ can be triggered to grasp objects through the pressure points the toes give.
Tamar Makin, a professor of cognitive neuroscience at Cambridge University, said the brain's ability to adapt to an extra limb was 'extraordinary'.
Researchers at the University College London are giving new meaning to the expression "all thumbs." They've taken an award-winning graduate project from the Royal College of Art in London and are using it to test the brain's reaction to coping with additional body parts. The idea behind the project was to reframe traditional views of prosthetics through the use of a robotic thumb that can be attached to a hand.
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