University of Queensland student developing AI-assisted robotic prosthetic
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Bionics Queensland CEO Robyn Stokes has been mentoring UQ student Nat Marshall.
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University of Queensland student Nat Marshall is developing a wearable device that will control robotic prosthetics with artificial intelligence (AI).
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He is working alongside people with upper-limb deficits
Nat Marshall s design has 256 electrodes, which will improve users fine motor skills
The engineering and physics major wants to smooth out the current user experience for people with upper-limb difference.
AI refers to a computer that can imitate a human mind by learning from experience and practice to recognise objects, solve problems or make decisions.
SSUET to help produce prosthetic limbs at low cost
Karachi
February 28, 2021
The Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology (SSUET) has joined hands with the Healthcare and Social Welfare Association (HASWA) for producing prosthetic limbs at a low cost.
The university is to provide technical and strategic support for the production of automatic limbs of high quality with lower cost. In this regard, the SSUET held a session to demonstrate the automatic prosthetic limb developed in collaboration with HASWA.
Addressing the session, SSUET Chancellor Jawaid Anwar said it was a sad experience to see a person with no limbs. However, prosthetic limbs might help that person a lot to restore his confidence and make him become independent, he added.
New type of surgery can help amputees better control their residual muscles
MIT researchers have invented a new type of amputation surgery that can help amputees to better control their residual muscles and sense where their phantom limb is in space. This restored sense of proprioception should translate to better control of prosthetic limbs, as well as a reduction of limb pain, the researchers say.
In most amputations, muscle pairs that control the affected joints, such as elbows or ankles, are severed. However, the MIT team has found that reconnecting these muscle pairs, allowing them to retain their normal push-pull relationship, offers people much better sensory feedback.
According to the team, this restored sense of proprioception should translate to better control of prosthetic limbs, as well as a reduction of limb pain.In m