In 2018 I started trying to build a bionic hand

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Alt-Bionics is developing affordable, AI-enhanced bionic hands, with their product, the Genesis Hand, entering amputee trials.

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The creator documents their multi-year journey of developing an affordable bionic hand, starting from basic prototypes to founding their company, Alt-Bionics. The video highlights the technical progress, the motivation behind the project, and the upcoming market launch.

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1Initial 2018 project setup
2Learning 3D modeling and engineering
3Implementing AI control for amputees
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In 2018 I started trying to build a bionic hand I started out with basic projects So that I could get familiar with the technology After I had a good understanding of the base technology I started diving deeper into the engineering of it all I found an open source hand model called the Brunel Hand 2.0 And spent close to 4 months learning 3D modeling so that I could make improvements to it I convinced my senior design team to improve it further So... we implemented an A.I. control system for amputees Meaning you can control this even if you've lost your hand We developed it for just $600 And six months later presented it at our college technology symposium We ended up getting 2nd place out of 69 collegiate teams and won $3,000... But the motivation to continue this project beyond college... Was the absolute legend, Ryan Davis So I founded Alt-Bionics in 2020 in the hopes of making bionic prosthetic devices much more affordable And over the last 1.5 years After 39 prototype iterations And after countless failures that sent us back to the drawing board We've successfully developed the worlds most affordable bionic hand I want to thank everyone on TikTok for following this journey Some of you have been here since day 1 Some of you may be seeing this for the first time But all of you have helped make this possible Matte Black: We are deep in R&D finishing the final designs And expect to have a finished product on the market by the end of 2022 In the meantime, I'll be here working If you'd like to support us, just like, follow, or share this. Thank you all again Oh! And our company's name is...

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In 2018 I started trying to build a bionic hand. I started out with basic projects so that I could get familiar with the technology. After I had a good understanding of the base technology I started diving deeper into the engineering of it all. I found an open source hand model called the Brunel Hand 2.0 and spent close to 4 months learning 3D modeling so that I could make improvements to it. I convinced my senior design team to improve it further. So... we implemented an A.I. control system for amputees meaning you can control this even if you've lost your hand. We developed it for just $600 and six months later presented it at our college technology symposium. We ended up getting 2nd place out of 69 collegiate teams and won $3,000... But the motivation to continue this project beyond college... Was the absolute legend, Ryan Davis. So I founded Alt-Bionics in 2020 in the hopes of making bionic prosthetic devices much more affordable. And over the last 1.5 years after 39 prototype iterations and after countless failures that sent us back to the drawing board we've successfully developed the worlds most affordable bionic hand. I want to thank everyone on TikTok for following this journey. Some of you have been here since day 1. Some of you may be seeing this for the first time. But all of you have helped make this possible. Matte Black: We are deep in R&D finishing the final designs. And expect to have a finished product on the market by the end of 2022. In the meantime, I'll be here working. If you'd like to support us, just like, follow, or share this. Thank you all again. Oh! And our company's name is... What could have been.