Students Spend Summer Perfecting Robotic Arm to Help Patients
From: Robotics Trends - 07/10/2014
By: Judith Pfeffer

Students at Rice University and the University of Houston have developed
robotic arms that they hope will gain FDA approval be made commercially
available for a fraction of the price of most others. This affordability and
availability could mean hugely enhanced independence for children and others
with mobility difficulties.

The student's company, ProsthetiTech describes itself this way: "Our flagship
product, the R-ARM, is a wheelchair mounted robotic reaching aid that allows
wheelchair bound individuals to reach and manipulate objects 4.5 ft away and
up to 3 lbs. More importantly, ProsthetiTech can provide this life changing
technology to consumers at a price that's over 500% cheaper than the nearest
competitor."

Read the entire article at:
http://www.roboticstrends.com/service_healthcare/article/students_spend_summer_perfecting_robotic_arm_to_help_patients

Links:
Startup Summer School: Rice’s ProsthetiTech Builds a Robotic Arm
http://www.xconomy.com/texas/2014/07/09/startup-summer-school-rices-prosthetitech-builds-a-robotic-arm/

RedLabs
http://redlabs.bauer.uh.edu/

Houston’s RedLabs Creates Prep Program for New Summer Accelerator
http://www.xconomy.com/texas/2013/06/24/red-labs-boosts-new-startup-culture-at-university-of-houston/

Rice’s OwlSpark Creates Network of University-based Accelerators
http://www.xconomy.com/texas/2014/02/19/rices-owlspark-creates-network-of-university-based-accelerators/

ProsthetiTech (with video 2:10)
http://owlspark.com/?page_id=5213