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Friday March 23, 2007 2:32 pm
Bionic Hand is Mega-Strong
Last month, we told you about Elekit’s robotic arm, and now we have discovered an electromechanical prosthetic hand created at the University of Tokyo which is strong enough to crush a can. With that grip strength of 33 lbs., it is also dexterous enough to pick up small objects. The bionic device weighs only 300 grams and is half the size of an adult’s hand. It operates with a series of pulley cables that runs through its fingers. We’re thinking of staging an arm wrestling tournament between the two just as soon as UT designs an elbow to go with the hand.
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