DRC Robot Arm Prosthetic

3 Jul 2015 · 1 min

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A robotic arm prosthetic that can curl 45 pounds and pinch with 20 pounds of force. It runs on a 24-volt battery that charges via solar panel and follows programmed movements. Keep your hands clear when it's in motion.

Can I shake his hand?
It's going to run through a script, so it's going to do what it wants to do. All right.
It can curl 45 pounds, so you got to be careful and don't get your hand in there at the wrong time.
You can do about a 20-pound pinch grip.
How much power are you running?
It runs off actually 24 volts, so it's actually designed to have a battery. We don't have it in there right now, but it'll run off of a solar panel.
The battery would go in here?
Yeah, so there's a compartment on the other side here which you can't really see. So why wouldn't you put the battery back originally in the vehicle? Because we run it off of line power.