Hangar18Studios
Well-Known Member
I would assume the people whom were developing bionics at UCLA were consulted for the show, and yes, most-likely the production utilized the Myo arm for their footage. As best as my knowledge can determine, a Myo (or any electro-mechanical) bionic hand is strictly below-elbow. The footage in the credits shows an above-elbow development piece from the 1970's, but nobody has an articulating elbow bionic arm available yet, though they are still under development. You can see the vinyl glove is rolled up in the first pictures to reveal a bunched-up nylon sleeve. This is essentially a nylon glove worn under the vinyl cosmetic glove to reduce friction, so the mechanical fingers don't get stuck when closing. I can identify there is a servo motor, a couple of circuit boards, some cotton wadding, and an basic aluminum armature. Today, a lot of this stuff is done quite differently though the basic Myo hand is the same. You can even still get the same cosmesis covering! You can see a pic of some Myo R&D molds I had done for Touch Bionics when I was freelancing for them by looking under the Mold Making section of my website: HOME