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CMU builds a backpack with a robotic arm

The latest invention out of Carnegie-Mellon’s snake lab is an assistive robot arm mounted to a backpack. Read more: ‪‬ TechCrunch is a leading technology media property, dedicated to obsessively profiling startups, reviewing new Internet products, and breaking tech news.

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The latest invention out of Carnegie-Mellon’s snake lab is an assistive robot arm mounted to a backpack.

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  1. Ben

    April 8, 2019 at 5:53 pm

    I think I would trust a rope more then a bunch of (sensitive electronics)

  2. Masterofthemash

    April 8, 2019 at 6:07 pm

    next thing you know someone becomes doc ock

  3. Rurushu

    April 8, 2019 at 6:13 pm

    next thing you know we all become cyborgs under our lord Elon Musk

  4. jeffrey dahmere

    April 8, 2019 at 10:38 pm

    not bad

  5. Louis Y

    April 9, 2019 at 1:04 am

    Dumb and unnecessary. A pole and tether cable addresses his use cases

    • Danish Joshi

      April 9, 2019 at 1:50 am

      Smart phones were dumb(the irony) and unnecessary too. The telegraphs worked just fine. Heck pigeons were fine too.

    • Louis Y

      April 9, 2019 at 2:14 am

      Danish Joshi solution to a problem that doesn’t exist. his use case is pure lack of understanding of the real world. come back here in 10 years. you then realized your dumb comment

  6. Sumit Saini

    April 9, 2019 at 2:35 am

    Dr. Octopus Origin Story…

  7. Rafal Molak

    April 9, 2019 at 6:47 am

    It’s not innovation and it’s not new…. Dr. Octopus used this tech for years now.

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