Bionic hand developed that can merge with its user's nervous and skeletal system

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Australian and international researchers have developed a bionic hand that merges with its user's nervous and skeletal systems and has worked for years. A Swedish woman who had lost her right hand received the bionic hand in 2018, which uses artificial intelligence to translate her commands. The researchers say the hand remains usable and is able to assist with phantom limb pain.

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conference: Science Robotics

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Organisation/s: The University of Melbourne, Bionics Institute, Center for Bionics and Pain Research, Sweden

Funder: This work was supported by the Promobilia Foundation, the IngaBritt and Arne Lundbergs Foundation, the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet), and the European Commission under the H2020-EU.2.1.1. program (DeTOP project, GA #687905).

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