Dean Kamen's Robotic "Luke" Arm
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- Segway inventor Dean Kamen is looking to re-invent the prosthetic arm. IEEE Spectrum caught up with Kamen and one of his "test pilots," to see the robotic arm (named after Luke Skywalker's articficial limb) in action. Learn more: spectrum.ieee.o...
Incredible, and the video alone is over two years old. Awesome work.
Finally, science at its best. Hope people can use this in the near future. What a world of difference.
They've really made the mechanics mimic a human arm. The real trick is in the control mechanism. It's a whole different level to be able to jack into any remaining nerve endings, interpret the output to drive a motor, and provide feedback. But to give the wearer ANYTHING which they can control by whatever means and restores their function is fantastic.
I swear if only there were more people like u, this world would be a much better place for everyone
How can people NOT like this, prosthetic arms makes the value of life so much higher.
Pretty much exactly what I came to say.
I'm always amazed that, given what we know about the universe, and can do technologically, that we struggle so much when it comes to medicine.
But what DEKA are working on is amazing, and fills me with hope for humanity's future.
Wow, this is a brilliant invention. You can tell the guy they're testing it on is happy about it.
When I came home there was a man in my house. He had a mechanical arm. You find this man!
makes me smile thank god for these people and their innovations
This is amazing. A friend of mine lost his left arm a couple years ago, and I plan on showing him this video. I know it'll give him some hope for the future.
it works by sensing the singnals in the stump, foot pedals are optional
dean kaymen is a great man i was in f.i.r.s.t. for 4 years and it will change how any one looks at life and team work and helping others out instead of trying to win every thing
@tanis143 That technology already exists, albeit not to a point where we can truly use it. Electrodes are directly attached to the nerve endings so that the brain can send it's signal to the limb. Don't worry. 20 years or so and cybernetic prosthesis will be commonplace.
4:41 like how he states that he's able to do things he hasn't for 26 years, reporter chuckles when he say's 'peel a banana' expecting him to say something like "hold "it" when taking a pee" after all that's what it's designed for - ie executing delicate tasks that require sensitive dexterity.
Incredible, I always hoped to be able to make something like this but I'm still to young, I saw another video of a guy controlling it with thought, this could be used in the military, not only to replace the limbs on returning soldiers, but to be used in the field as a new type of weapon. By attaching a small SMG and or retractable blade, it could be made bullet proof, thus making it into a very efficient weapon in the field.
WOW WOW WOW THIS IS GREAT! I hope they can get these out to the vets who have lost so much. This really is good, so much of an improvement. This is very very good. OMG GREAT! You can give people so much. So much better then the Segway, great job Dean!
@MisterZimbabwe i doubt it, with these arms they attach it to your existing nervous system, when they move their arms they imagine that they still have their hands by moving it with their minds. watch this video they explain it more "Man Controls Robotic Hand with Mind".
I'd imagine the production models will have waterproof coverings designed to resemble skin. As an added bonus anybody that uses one will have the best Terminator halloween costume EVER.
@acr2121
Probably not. The thing isn't for fighting or playing video games or anything.It's an arm meant to do normal arm stuff.
Wow... that was impressive... with rapidly advancing neuro circuitry and nano tech, these will soon be directly connects to the central nervous system.
@Numba1Wonder probably a form of carbon fibre, or alloy would be light and strong. regardless of what its made of, it would kick ass.
Did you even watch the video?
at 3:59 she says that the arm can be controlled by nerves, the same nerves that you use to move your arm now.
This is not a crappy project.
I had a smile on my face the entire video. I love technology..
Science is the best thing man has ever discovered.
this video nearly maid me cry because what we are doing for our future, for humanity and progress for future generations.
Great device, great story.
Sometimes the simple pleasures of being human are far more important than efficiency. These kind of things (such as robotic enhancements/prosthetics) should only be used to replace missing limbs or organs of people who need them (or would die without them), not to make the human race "better".
i met dean back in 2001, hes great!
that is the coolist guy i have seen. He is a hybrid of a terminator. oh my god wow i dont want to say hes so lucky...but that thing is incredible...think 20 years on
it would be sooo freakin cool if they made one that could connect to the nerves of the amputated area, and allow u to use it exactly like your old arm ;)
I agree and we will get to see it
Wow... it moves so well and weighs so little. I think it's a winner!
@AQWTheAsterisk not talking about fighting or playing video games, what if both of your forearms are gone and you get these, then you decide to go out and drive your car or motorcycle. you need some faster reaction times than these things seem to have.
See Dean Kamen speak on June 22nd 2009 @ the worlds longest running conference on creativity and innovation: CPSI Conference. Founded by Alex Osborn, who invented brainstorming and creative problem solving.
It would also allow someone who lost a limb at a young age to join the military if they wanted and become part of a new division for those who would be equipped with this new technology.
@splendidmate It really just needs a way to boost the signal. However it would still need another energy source. Just in case.
That has gotta be one of the coolest things I have ever seen!
@TheCrocodilator Yea they can be used for bilateral amputees
Thank you DEKA for your efforts. Truly inspiring!
That's so cool! I remember watching Star Wars V when I was like 4 years old and thinking "Man, what if Luke's robo-arm was real?" They're getting pretty close, in my opinion. That's awesome
This is incredibly inspiring.
@ClockworkFacility1 I would like to agree completely, but I think it's putting it a little black-and white-ish.
because the food, isn't just a need, it's think, find, research, enjoy, culture... even some sort of art sometimes...
just by a disaster that could make us need that way to survive could make us do it.
That's the nicest artificial arm I've ever seen. Poor Chuck. I don't think he wants to let the company have it back.
Neither would I.
You're going to be around 10 years from now, and you're going to be there when the future arrives.
@Deejay - Have you seen the SmartHand yet? Its gives real neural sensory feedback back to the BRAIN.
Thats going on the market in 2011. Forget 100 years from now, I say give it 10-20 years. Ghost in the Shell!!
And a step towards towering mechas!
robot arms are pretty much the most mathematically complex robots you can make. Each movement requires a separate motor, and several algorithms to properly work it.
if we're this far I hope we get to something like automail so then its like we never lost a limb its just metal
That is absolutely amazing. This is what science should really be about!
Excellent invention from a true Genius.
Technology is amazing.
that's super... what a leap in prosthetics.
I hope that every soldier who loses a linb gets a prostetic like this someday. Only the best for those who protect our country.
Right on Dean.
Good stuff.
I have a buddy who's a former USMC CbtEng who lost an arm in Iraq. He takes jujitsu with me. The day he can have a prosthetic that can put up with the rigors of jujitsu is the day we've made it...
@Blazureokami
Exactly. I'm against war, but I think the only ways to stop it are either making the UN essentially a world government so there isn't really anyone to go to war with, or "civilian based national defence" which is training everyone to resist invaders non-violently either to destroy the enemies will to occupy or sap morale as an armed resistance fights back. I think war can be ended, but sitting around saying how horrible it is isn't helping anyone
@splendidmate No it isn't. I have been working on this type of thing for years and can tell you that the electrical signals sent from the brain to the rest of the body are not strong enough to power any machine without any sort of boost. Or rather, not efficiently.
Good work guys keep it going and making improvements. It's a good deed.
@CuddlyCuddleFish interesting... I guess it will have to rely on some sort of awesome future battery.
i knew this day would come
I do too, i want to go to college for engineering, and design weapons, and prosthetic limbs for soldiers and amputees
@ClockworkFacility1 Why not? They're the most likely to be missing limbs out of the general public.
Dean Kamen is going to make all of the parts necessary to build Humanoid War Machines! Woo Gundam!
You're making a very interesting and useful work !
Congratulations !
we are very very close to making that happen; probably by 2013.
@vboye field of study is Prosthetics. Only a few Universities have this. Dominguez Hills, CA and Northwestern, IL
The design of the Arm is pure Mechanical engineering. Something Dean Kamen is horrible at. The iBot wheelchair was a dismal failure. iBot could climb up stairs, problem was you had to have great upper body strength for it to work. People in electric wheelchairs rarely have upper or lower body strength, thats why they qualify for an Electric wheelchair and not a manual. Duh Dean
Dwight Stones if only you were in a wheelchair, you would know how wrong you are. I would have killed for an ibot
The interview is much too quiet. Could have used more light on the amputee as well.
@acr2121 only a matter of time until they can match the reaction and finesse capabilities of a normal arm. They might even surpass them!
Dean Kamen should spend more time on stuff like this and the water filter and less time on stupid shit like the Segway. We love you man and appreciate what you're doing.
@marklvrd I would say a high level of focused expertise in either area would help you get a job in the field with a working knowledge of the others
I wouldn't say 100 years. in the last decade we have made increadable leaps in this and similar fields. i think we can see more pratical applations in maybe 20. The bigest hold back is going to be cost. Scienctits such has Dr. Warwick have already done pratical research into the linking artifal elements into the brain that sends and receives motor-control signals for the body. I look forward to seeing the partical applations of this tech before I die.
Wonder if they'd be able to make a skin-like/plastic casing over it. All in all though that's pretty sweet.
wow, that's crazy, how long till the whole skeleton is available in robotic version?
In an interview on the Colbert Report, Dean Kamen said that the man's wife said "You either have to send us home with this arm, or you have to keep him."
@topracer01 i'm pretty sure he can wear two of those arms at a time.
they're probably still testing him with just the one for now. i highly doubt that they wouldn't be able to give him two.
Outstanding!
why would anybody dislike a video about someone getting there philosophical arm back?
I lost my arm two years ago, in an electrical accident. I'd really like to get a hold of that shoulder and hand. How do you get some of that equipment? Looking for any volunteers? I'd come up and test stuff. My shoulders disarticulated.
"I've been able to do things with this arm that I haven't seriously done in 26 years..."
"like what?"
"uhh...."
@4:40
well, forgetting for a moment that this whole game is spiritual, the ideal short of regrowing an arm would be to connect to the original nerves so it could be controlled 'naturally'
i really wish there's robotic arms as good as human arms.. life would really sucks without an arm seriously.. hope there's some genius invent it.. it's a great invention!
I almost wish i was missing an arm.
I wonder if it would be possible to power something like this using energy that comes from the body, rather than relying on batteries.
Great Job! I would love to have the money to get my inventions going.... GO DEAN!!!
Wow, now when we can do real nerve mapping, we can hardwire these devices to use the original nerves. Then they will be true replacement limbs.
Amazing... this is why I'm becoming an Mechanical Engineer!
really nice and stuff, but how about not sending soldiers into limb removing situations in the first place?
So wait... what if we attach two of these to a person who ISN'T an amputee? Would it be possible for the human brain to manage using 4 arms at once? It either won't work or productivity will skyrocket.
great success
Would it be possible to put two of those on that man?
We can make a replacement arm, but not a decent microphone so we can hear the inventor.
That's amazing!
"We are the borg... lower your shields and surrender your weapons"
"I've been able to do things with this that I haven't been able to do in 26 years".....
"I can't wait to get this in the real environment.... in the home environment. My wife is telling me, 'oh yea, I got stuff for you to do.'"
I am. I am strongly suggesting it.
Cool.
From 3:45 it reminds me the scene from RoboCop
Don't forget the super-human strength as well! :)
@HyugaStone87 sorry I forgot to add the 87 in your name ^^'
would this field be in Electronics Engineering, mechanical engineering, neural engineering subcategory of biomedical engineering or a dual degree in any of the 2 disciplines?
can i use this in a doc ock way? two other limbs aside from the ones i already have?