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Proto 2 Prosthetic Arm
Darpa and Johns Hopkins University

An international team, led by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, has developed a prototype of the first fully integrated prosthetic arm, complete with hand and articulated fingers, that can be controlled naturally and provide sensory feedback. It can perform 25 joint motions -- a level of control far beyond the current state of the art for prosthetic limbs.



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