Superhero-inpsired robotic hand wins UK Dyson award

LONDON — A British inventor who is creating low-cost, advanced robotic hands that are inspired by superheroes and comic books has won the UK round of the James Dyson Award.

Bristol-born Joel Gibbard of Open Bionics set out to make low-cost robotic hands that amputees would want to show off after he became terrified as a teenager about what would happen if he one day lost a hand.

The prototype he's created can be produced for substantially less than the cost of other robotic hands, using 3D printing, Gibbard says. Read more...