Auditing Robotic Prosthetics

They say to make an omelet you need to break a few eggs. Of course, it helps when the eggs are broken into the bowl, and not broken in the carton prior to taking them out.

With advancements in prosthetics allowing fine motor control driven by a patient’s nervous systems, the use of miniature load cells placed at grip points help observe a wide variety of operating conditions the patient requires from their prosthetic every day.

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