Canadian Start-up smartARM Uses AI to Create Intuitive Bionic Prosthetics
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smartARM, a Toronto-based startup, is developing an AI-driven bionic arm that automatically selects the right grip for different objects.
Instead of manually switching between grip patterns, users can now intuitively pick up a glass and then a spoon without extra steps. The arm uses a camera in the palm and Meta's open DINOv2 vision model to recognize everyday objects from just a few reference photos. With Meta AI glasses as an optional add-on, the arm can gain additional context, and users can personalize which objects it should handle through a phone app.
By helping the arm recognize everyday objects and select a suitable grip, we're working toward an experience where people can focus more on what they want to do and less on how to operate their prosthetic.
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