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Meet Spot, Google's New Robo-Dog That Won't Fall Over — Even If You Kick It Super Hard. The latest version of the LittleDog Robot. 'Terminator' arm is world's most advanced prosthetic limb. A Swarm of Nano Quadrotors. MorpHex part III. Euclideon Geoverse 2013. The world's first bionic hand that will allow patients to 'feel' sensations set to be transplanted onto a patient. Will give amputees a genuine sense of touchAttached directly to the nervous system via electrodes'We hope one day the user will just forget it's there' Dr Silvestro Micera By Nick Mcdermott, Science Reporter Published: 18:34 GMT, 17 February 2013 | Updated: 08:21 GMT, 18 February 2013 A bionic hand which allows the recipient to feel ‘lifelike’ sensations is to be transplanted on to a patient’s arm for the first time.

The world's first bionic hand that will allow patients to 'feel' sensations set to be transplanted onto a patient

Until now, artificial limbs have been able to pick up brain signals destined for the absent hand and translate them into movements, but they could not give sensory feedback. The new hand, which is attached directly to the nervous system via electrodes clipped on to two of the arm’s main nerves, aims to restore a sense of touch in amputees. Unlimited Detail Real-Time Rendering Technology Preview 2011. Raytheon XOS 2 exoskeleton. New Military Technology 2012. That's Impossible: Real Terminators. U.S Military's Robot Soldiers by Boston Dynamics BIGDOG Robot. U.S Army's Cheetah Robot 18mph.