6 Arms, 3 Thumbs: I Tested The Future of Robotic Limbs | Superhuman | WIRED

WIRED Editor Amit Katwala traveled far and wide for a hands-on look at the future of robotic artificial limbs. Watch as he puts a wearable set of arms inspired by traditional Japanese puppetry through the paces with Dr. Masahiko Inami University at the of Tokyo. Can Amit intuitively manipulate his newly added arms to pick up objects or write with a marker? Then, we visit with Dani Clode and Tamar Makin at the University of Cambridge to get a grip on the technology behind a 3D-printed sixth digit designed to give you two working thumbs one one hand. Will these robotic augmentations be the path to superhuman performance? Dani Clode Design / www.daniclodedesign.com / instagram: @dani_clode The Plasticity Lab / www.plasticity-lab.com / @plasticity-lab.bsky.social MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, part of Cambridge University: Instagram:@mrccbu / @cambridgeuniversity Director: Anna O'Donohue Director of Photography: Thomas Beswick; Giles Cahalane Editor: Matthew Colby; Anna O'Donohue Host: Amit Katwala Expert: Dani Clode; Masahiko Inami; Tamar Makin Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas Production Manager: Alexandra Dawson Herren Production Coordinator: Ericka Gourgues-Lutran Assistant Camera: Tokiomi (Toki) Tsuta Sound Mixer: Skirmantas (Spider) Ivanauskas; Michael Panayiotis Production Assistant: Grace O'Connor Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin Post Production Coordinator: Rachel Kim Supervising Editor: Eduardo Araujo Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► http://wrd.cm/15fP7B7 Listen to the Get WIRED podcast ►► https://link.chtbl.com/wired-ytc-desc Want more WIRED? Get the magazine ►► https://subscribe.wired.com/subscribe/splits/wired/WIR_YouTube?source=EDT_WIR_YouTube_0_Video_Description_ZZ Follow WIRED: Instagram ►►https://instagram.com/wired Twitter ►►http://www.twitter.com/wired Facebook ►►https://www.facebook.com/wired Tik Tok ►►https://www.tikt