Human Augmentation Group＠JAIST

AugLimb: Compact Robotic Limb for Human Augmentation

Zeyu Ding*, Shogo Yoshida*, Toby Chong**, Tsukasa Fukusato**, Takuma Torii*, Haoran Xie*
*Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST)
**The University of Tokyo


Introduction

This work proposes a compact robotic limb, AugLimb, that can augment our body functions and support the daily activities. AugLimb adopts the double-layer scissor unit for the extendable mechanism which can achieve 2.5 times longer than the forearm length. The proposed device can be mounted on the user’s upper arm, and transform into compact state without obstruction to wearers. The proposed device is lightweight with low burden exerted on the wearer. We developed the prototype of AugLimb to demonstrate the proposed mechanisms. We believe that the design methodology of AugLimb can facilitate human augmentation research for practical use.

Details

Video (AugLimb)

Publications

  • 1. Haoran Xie, Zeyu Ding, Shogo Yoshida, Toby Chong, Takuma Torii and Tsukasa Fukusato. Augmenting Human with Compact Supernumerary Robotic Limbs. 13th Augmented Human International Conference (AH 2022), short, 2022.05. [LINK]
  • 2. Zeyu Ding, Shogo Yoshida, Toby Chong, Tsukasa Fukusato, Takuma Torii, Haoran Xie. AugLimb: Compact Robotic Limb for Human Augmentation. ArXiv, 2021. (LINK)

    • Media

    AugLimb: A compact robotic limb to support humans during everyday activities, Tech Xplore, 2021.09. [LINK]
    AugLimb is the extra arm you didn’t know you needed, Arduino.cc, 2021.09. [LINK]
    Video Friday：Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos, IEEE Spectrum, 2021.09. [LINK]
    Best of Last Week – Possible detection of dark energy, an augmented limb, a hydrogel for cartilage repair, Science X, 2021.09. [LINK]
    “Extra” robotic arm promises to help with everyday tasks, The Clare People, 2021.09. [LINK]
    AugLimb's Creator Thinks It Will Become as Popular as Smartwatches, Hackster.io, 2021.09. [LINK]

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