“The Atom Touch is what we call an artificial arm. It will act much like a regular arm, restore a near-full range of motion, enable individual finger control, be comfortable to wear all day, restore a basic sense of touch, and be considerably more affordable than leading prosthetics today,” claimed Hayes.
“The Atom Touch connects to a wearable device we call the cuff, which is itself connected to a shirt. These have a built-in brain-to-computer interface that detects signals from the user’s body — including their residual limb — to control it. (https://morrisvillecathospital.com/) The arm is non-invasive and truly wearable.”
Hayes explained that his team’s long-term goal was for the artificial arm to act exactly like a real arm. “Of course, it’s not quite to that level yet. We don’t invasively link directly to your nervous system, though that may be necessary to restore full sensation, for example, down the road,” he added.
“Anyone who has an arm amputation will be able to use the Atom Touch. It is designed to be non-invasive and easy to take on and off as needed. It is designed to offer human-level dexterity, weight, a full range of motion, and force generation.”
This will address the problems of people with lost limb functions. The prosthetics available are too inconvenient to use and do not have a high quality. “Atom Limbs was born to give the 65 million-plus limb-different people their limbs back, and revolutionize the $800B+ physical disability industry,” explained Hayes.
“The prosthetics industry is broken. If we look at the number of limb-different people who wear one, we see that only one in five do so, citing a lack of use and even pain when using them. These transitional prosthetics make some even feel more disabled,” Hayes explained.
Atom Touch will be available for testing in the firm’s Preview Program in Q2 this year and Atom Limbs is aiming to release the final product in 2023.
On Wednesday, the CEO Tyler Hayes of startup Atom Limbs which has made the “world’s first truly artificial human arm: the Atom Touch.”
“The Atom Touch is what we call an artificial arm. It will act much like a regular arm, restore a near-full range of motion, enable individual finger control, be comfortable to wear all day, restore a basic sense of touch, and be considerably more affordable than leading prosthetics today,” claimed Hayes.
“The Atom Touch connects to a wearable device we call the cuff, which is itself connected to a shirt. These have a built-in brain-to-computer interface that detects signals from the user’s body — including their residual limb — to control it. The arm is non-invasive and truly wearable.”
Hayes explained that his team’s long-term goal was for the artificial arm to act exactly like a real arm. “Of course, it’s not quite to that level yet. We don’t invasively link directly to your nervous system, though that may be necessary to restore full sensation, for example, down the road,” he added.
“Anyone who has an arm amputation will be able to use the Atom Touch. It is designed to be non-invasive and easy to take on and off as needed. It is designed to offer human-level dexterity, weight, a full range of motion, and force generation.”
This will address the problems of people with lost limb functions. The prosthetics available are too inconvenient to use and do not have a high quality. “Atom Limbs was born to give the 65 million-plus limb-different people their limbs back, and revolutionize the $800B+ physical disability industry,” explained Hayes.
“The prosthetics industry is broken. If we look at the number of limb-different people who wear one, we see that only one in five do so, citing a lack of use and even pain when using them. These transitional prosthetics make some even feel more disabled,” Hayes explained.
Atom Touch will be available for testing in the firm’s Preview Program in Q2 this year and Atom Limbs is aiming to release the final product in 2023.
