Factory workers are about to get super-human strength thanks to Nasa's 'Robo-Glove'.

 

有了美国航天局（NASA）研发的“机器人手套”，工厂工人将获超人之力。
 

 

The glove helped scientists control Robonaut 2, a humanoid that provided engineering and technical assistance on space mission just like Star Wars' R2-D2.

 

But now it has been given power-boosting technologies thanks to a partnership¹ between General Motors and medical technology company Bioservo, who hope that it will help workers on factory floors.

 

Using a combination of sensors² that function like human nerves, muscles and tendons the new Power Glove has the same dexterity³ of the human hand - but with mammoth⁴ strength.

 

The ground-breaking muscle-mimicking technologies could help employees in health care and manufacturing industries where a strong grip is necessary to get the job done.

 

The glove helps stops tired hands from aching after a long day's work and will make it easier for workers to, quite literally⁵, get a grip.

 

It could slash⁶ the amount of force an assembly operator needs to hold a tool during an operation in half.

 

An assembly operator in a factory may use 15- to 20 pounds of force to hold a tool during an operation, for example.

 

But with the robotic glove, the factory operator might need to apply only five to 10 pounds of force.

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