Jizai Arms - a 'backpack' that turns humans into 'cyborgs' with six robotic arms

Engineers at the University of Tokyo, Japan, have developed the Jizai Arms, a device with six robotic arms.

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The Jizai Arms is a special backpack worn on a person's back. The backpack has one to six robotic arms attached to it. There are special ports for them, which are located at different levels. This is done to prevent the arms from clinging to one another during the movement. The hands are detachable, so they can be replaced with other grips.

The robots can be controlled in two ways - using PC software or the controller, which looks like a scaled-down copy of the main unit, and the arms attached to it. The robots can be controlled by the user or an operator.

At the same time Jizai Arms weighs a lot - 4 kg with only one "backpack" and 14 kg with four arms. There are also problems with the control - it is quite difficult to control several arms at once.

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