Engineering students develop robotic arm

Kochi | Sunday | 3rd June, 2018

Summary:

more-inFive engineering students of Toc H Institute of Science and Technology at Arakunnam near here have come up with an Electromyography (EMG) controlled prosthetic arm. Students of Toc H Institute of Science and Technology, Arakunnam, with the Electromyography-controlled prosthetic arm that they developed. A release issued by the college claimed that the robotic arm would meet the basic daily requirements of an amputee, even though it lacked advanced features. The students expressed the hope that they would get support from investors to take the product to users. The prosthetic arm is priced at ?2 lakh while those with advanced features cost anywhere between ?15 lakh to ?25 lakh, which is out of the reach of the common man, it said..