Only one hour of training needed to control a third robotic arm - "could be used to help people with a variety of tasks, such as surgery, industrial work, or rehabilitation"

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-09-hour-robotic-arm.html?

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23 Comments

Sylver@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 2y (1 reply)

How well will it hold up to thermal and nuclear radiation? Can I hold the power of the sun in the palm of my hand?

TubeTalkerX@kbin.social · 2 pts · 2y

If it’s an Arc Reactor, then yes.

saltnotsugar@lemm.ee · 14 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Scientists have refused to answer if one could theoretically “get freaky with my girlfriend” with the device.

sbv@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Are they really scientists if they don't want to push the boundaries of knowledge?

StalksEveryone@futurology.today · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

its not that they don’t want to push the boundaries, they just want to keep the knowledge of the experimental trials to themselves

Overshoot2648@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y

Those greedy bastards! A lot us us want to get freaky too.

Squids@sopuli.xyz · 13 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Read the article and then the actual paper's abstract - this isn't like a mind controlled thing guys, it's controlled with your foot. Not quite a doc oc thing like the article makes it out to be

rockerface@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y

Still could be pretty cool for when you stand or sit on one place anyway

Kolanaki@yiffit.net · 8 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Where do I sign up to become the real DocOc?

tehmics@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

I read the headline out loud to my friend and said "I can't wait!" She replied "for what?" And I said "to become doc oc." Then I opened the comments and this is the first thing I saw. 10/10

SinkingLotus@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y

I'd be using it to feed me snacks while gaming. No longer shall I be limited by snacks that leave residue on your fingers.

The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website · 5 pts · 2y

Hello there

Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 2y

Practice on a hotdog first the scientists warned the doctor with a sad wisdom look in his eyes.

uphillbothways@kbin.social · 4 pts · 2y (2 replies)

There's a lot of tasks where something like this mounted to a workstation would be super helpful.

keefshape@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Didnt you know? People are the new mobile workstation.

Tikiporch@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

They should use this method to manufacture cars.

1847953620@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

I distinctly remember reading a short story in middle school about a kid without a third arm living in a world where everyone had a third robotic arm...

Cypher@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y

Heavy cult Mechanicus breathing

QubaXR@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I would be terrified of getting an eye itch.

StalksEveryone@futurology.today · 1 pts · 2y

apparently this one is controlled by the foot. but adding to your comment, imagine trying to scratch your butt with something like this on or swatting a fly that landed on you.

Hotdogman@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

Ah, the stranger's hand.

Xariphon@kbin.social · 2 pts · 2y

I'm sad to live in a time when this is not yet commercially available to the public.

Koof_on_the_Roof@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

That would be handy.