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Clone Creates a Robot Arm That Is Terrifyingly Human-Like
October 11, 2022 By Alberto Mesti
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According to New Atlas, Clone Robotics went above and above to make sure that its "intelligent androids" would have some of the most human-like hands in the business.The business claims to have created the first biomimetic hand in history (model number V15), which can grip objects with a human-like grip, ranging from a tennis ball to a working drill.The fingers, thumb, and internal muscles of the robotic hand are functionally and aesthetically similar to those of a real human hand. These muscles, which essentially mesh tubes with balloons inside of them, are an adaption of a McKibbin muscle by the Clone team. The mesh is pushed to compress longitudinally when the balloon's radial expansion expands, which is typically caused by an external pneumatic or hydraulic pump. As a result, the team developed the idea of keeping the balloon's fluid filled with acetaldehyde while running a powerful heating element through it.According to New Atlas, acetaldehyde quickly boils when a current is added, raising the ambient pressure from 20 °C (68 °F) to 70 °C (158 °F) by 6.6 times.With hinged joints that allowed for a range of mobility as similar to the human hand as possible, Clone constructed a skeleton out of a collection of essentially human-like bones.The team asserted that the gadget has built-in wrist and thumb rotations and roughly 27 degrees of freedom, the same as human hands. A complicated network of muscles and tendons that runs the length of the forearm and through the hand is responsible for all of these actions.According to News Atlas, Clone's current prototype shows him switching back to a straightforward hydraulic system to drive his muscles. A set of 36 electro-hydraulic valves, each with a pressure sensor, distribute pressure through a 500-watt, 145-psi water pump.In order to give the brain controlling information on joint angles and velocities, magnetic sensors are also added. The business claims to start offering consumers hand kits by the end of 2022, though a price has not yet been disclosed.As a result, the neck, hands, chest, shoulders, arms, and upper back will have 124 muscles and a stiff spine throughout the entire torso. It will be carrying its battery pack and moving ahead on a "locomotion platform".
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