A Robotic Arm That Knows Sign Language
From: IEEE Transmitter - 10/03/2017

While robots are being taught all sorts of crazy skills to help humans,
graduate students at the University at Antwerp in Belgium have designed a
robotic arm that can perform sign language. The students wanted to address
the needs of deaf and hearing impaired people who may not have interpreters
with them at all times.

Read the entire article at:
https://transmitter.ieee.org/robotic-arm-knows-sign-language

Links:
This 3D-printed robotic arm is built for sign language
https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/18/this-3d-printed-robotic-arm-is-built-for-sign-language/amp

There's not enough sign language translators, so these students 3D printed a
  humanoid robot (with video 1:22)
http://press.3dhubs.com/157801-there-s-not-enough-sign-language-translators-so-these-students-3d-printed-a-humanoid-robot

Project Aslan (with video 0:13)
http://en.projectaslan.be


Hi Guy,

I saw a reference to your Aslan project. I just wanted you to be aware of
some prior work I did on a similar project in the 1980s. The Ralph
fingerspelling hand is a computer controlled electromechanical hand that
serves as a tactile display for persons who are deaf and blind. Check out an
old webpage at: https://web.stanford.edu/group/rrd/TTran/ttralph.html and see
a video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGG9ue1K3Jc  Just one prototype
was made, but the design was never commercialized. Let me know if you have
any questions. A colleague built a companion glove:
https://web.stanford.edu/group/rrd/TTran/glove.html

Good luck with your project - Dave Jaffe
info@projectaslan.be