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The silver squares are heat sinks on the power electronics. The nine pounds of augmentation to calf and quad should allow him to run through the woods with a 100 lb backpack for two hours, drawing 60W of continuous power.

The technologies: electrolaminate clutching, magnetic encoding, twisted pair drives (translating a rotary motor to linear actuation), and special fabric meshes to distribute loads.

2 responses to “Cyborg Wednesday with SRI SuperFlex and then ModBot at Siemens”

  1. SuperFlex is meant to fit under clothing DSC04552 The iPad shows real-time data collection from the active components which are wirelessly interconnected. The feet have accelerometers and gyros as used in cell phones. DSC04559 flex materials on the calf and twisted pair cord translates rotary motion to linear actuation DSC04567And ModBot at Siemens, a modular robot. This 6DoF arm consists of six interchangeable cylindrical servos, six links and two 75mm red arm links IMG_1737

  2. There’s an object hidden on your desk. I think it may be using a Klingon cloaking device.

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