Researchers Working on Ways to Power the Next Generation of Prosthetic Limbs
From: ECN Magazine - 09/19/2019

Scientists from Deakin University's and CSIRO's Battery Technology Research
and Innovation Hub (BatTRI-Hub) are aiming to develop safe and reliable
batteries for a unique robotic hand created by researchers from the
University of Wollongong as part of the ARC Centre of Excellence for
Electromaterials Science (ACES).

Unveiled in February this year, the soft robotic hand prototype combines new,
intelligent materials with 3-D printing techniques and responds to neural
commands like a real limb, allowing the user to make life-like movements.

The team at BatTRI-Hub have developed a lithium metal device that is capable
of powering one finger of the hand and are now working through the
simultaneous challenges of devising a uniquely shaped battery that is
powerful enough to run the whole hand and also incorporates next-generation
materials. 

Read the entire article at:
https://www.ecnmag.com/news/2017/09/researchers-working-ways-power-next-generation-prosthetic-limbs

Links:
High-five for new soft robotic hand
http://www.electromaterials.edu.au/news/high-five

ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES)
http://www.electromaterials.edu.au