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TitanArm (http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/01/upenn-titanarm-exoskeleton/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget) already took home silver in a competition for senior projects at the University of Pennsylvania, and now the team behind it is visiting Orlando to compete in the Intel-sponsored Cornell Cup for embedded design. We stopped by the showroom and snagged a few minutes with the crew to take a look at their creation: an 18-pound, untethered, self-powered exoskeleton (http://www.engadget.com/tag/exoskeleton/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget) arm constructed for less than $2,000.
To wield the contraption, users attach the cable-driven mechanical appendage to themselves with straps from a military-grade hiking backpack, and guide it with a thumbstick on a nunchuck-like (http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/07/nykos-wireless-nunchuck-makes-you-that-much-less-coordinated/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget) controller. If a load needs to be held in place, the wearer can jab a button on the hand-held control to apply a brake. A Beagle Bone (http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/01/beaglebone-offers-up-arm-a8-processor-linux-and-10-second-boot/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget) drives the logic for the setup, and it can stream data such as range of motion wirelessly to a computer. As for battery-life, they group says the upper-body suit has previously squeezed out over 24 hours of use without having to recharge.Gallery: TitanArm hands-on (http://www.engadget.com/photos/titanarm/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget)(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/05/img1330_thumbnail.jpg) (http://www.engadget.com/photos/titanarm/5858666?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget)(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/05/img1341_thumbnail.jpg) (http://www.engadget.com/photos/titanarm/5858659?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget)(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/05/img1339_thumbnail.jpg) (http://www.engadget.com/photos/titanarm/5858658?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget)(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/05/img1332_thumbnail.jpg) (http://www.engadget.com/photos/titanarm/5858665?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget)(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/05/img1349_thumbnail.jpg) (http://www.engadget.com/photos/titanarm/5858654?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget)
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