Researchers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center designed, produced and patented a lightweight, tech-boosted, robotic handwear device—the Robo-Glove—that enables users to grip or grasp tools or perform repetitive movements painlessly for extended lengths of time.
Now, America’s space agency is on the hunt for companies to license or commercialize the futuristic, self-contained unit, which was created in collaboration with General Motors.
“Robo-Glove has the potential to help workers, such as construction workers, hazardous material workers, or assembly line operators, whose job requires continuous grasping and ungrasping motion,” NASA officials wrote in a special notice detailing the new technology transfer opportunity Monday. “The Robo-Glove also has potential applications in prosthetic devices, rehabilitation aids, and people with impaired or limited arm and hand muscle strength.”
NASA does not manufacture items for commercial sale. But through its Technology Transfer Program, solutions built by the agency are made available for businesses to license, market or further develop into commercial products.
Though the notice offered sparse details about the Robo-Glove’s makeup, NASA’s TTP website provides a closer look at the tool and the tech behind it.
It’s technology “was a spinoff of the Robonaut 2,” or R2, the very first humanoid robot in space.
The fully-developed tool is now “essentially a robot o ..
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