{"id":113991,"date":"2024-10-14T09:41:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T02:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113991"},"modified":"2024-10-14T09:41:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T02:41:45","slug":"superlimbs-wearable-robotic-limbs-could-help-astronauts-recover-from-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113991","title":{"rendered":"SuperLimbs: Wearable robotic limbs could help astronauts recover from falls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1pzjney00003b6m1sbhk6ng@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Humans haven\u2019t traveled to the moon since NASA\u2019s Apollo program ended in 1972, but the Artemis program will soon return humans to the lunar surface, with the first crewed landing currently slated for <a href=\"http:\/\/ttps\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/artemis-iii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2026<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm22weieo000b3b6mqibgwy58@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Artemis astronauts will aspire to do things humans haven\u2019t done before, like building a habitable base to allow for long-term visits and exploring the heavily cratered lunar south pole.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm22weiep000c3b6mr3fvy773@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Innovators across the world are working on solutions to help them achieve their goals, and to keep them safe. That includes researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), who are developing a set of wearable robotic limbs to help astronauts recover from falls.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1pwq818000va2p1avbial7x@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The so-called \u201cSuperLimbs\u201d are designed to extend from a backpack containing the astronauts\u2019 life support system. When the wearer falls over, an extra pair of limbs can extend out to provide leverage to help them stand, conserving energy for other tasks.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm22wffq7000e3b6mhmona9hn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            That could come in handy. The moon\u2019s partial gravity makes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/walk-the-line-nasa-studies-physical-performance-after-spaceflight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">maintaining balance<\/a> tricky. The 12 astronauts who moonwalked on Apollo missions fell 27 times and had another 21 near misses, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/352229106_Characterization_of_the_Apollo_Astronaut_Lunar_Extravehicular_Activity_Falls_and_Near-Falls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a University of Michigan study<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm22wffq7000f3b6m2eyvn57j@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            When astronaut Charlie Duke toppled over on the moon in 1972, while performing tests on lunar soil, it took him <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/alsj\/a16\/video16.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">three attempts<\/a> to get up. The study found that falls were more common when, like Duke, astronauts were collecting samples or using tools \u2013 tasks that Artemis astronauts are likely to undertake.\n    <\/p>\n<div class=\"gallery-inline gallery--hidden\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/gallery-inline\/instances\/cm1pzk9tk000b3b6mca3rdvey@published\" data-headline=\"A visual history of the spacesuit\" data-analytics-enabled=\"true\" data-analytics-aggregate-events=\"true\" data-component-variation=\"gallery-inline\" data-edit-mode=\"\" data-items-layout=\"grid\">\n<div class=\"gallery-inline__main\">\n<h5 class=\"gallery-inline__headline\">A visual history of the spacesuit<\/h5>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm22wffq7000h3b6mkxqngu38@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            SuperLimbs were developed about <a href=\"https:\/\/news.mit.edu\/2024\/robotic-superlimbs-could-help-moonwalkers-recover-from-falls-0515\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a decade ago<\/a> by Harry Asada, a professor at MIT, and they\u2019ve already been put to the test by aircraft manufacturing and shipbuilding workers.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1pzjzw000053b6m9wevyr0i@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Now they\u2019re being adapted for astronauts. Erik Ballesteros, a doctoral student at MIT, spent the summer at NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Lab working on SuperLimbs as part of a NASA fellowship.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm22wh4f4000n3b6mfvfg1q8i@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The system needs a bit more work, Ballesteros said, but he hopes that it will be ready for a demonstration by January \u2013 when it will help a mannequin to stand up from a prone position.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm22wh4f5000o3b6muwfl48m5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            He believes that within a year or two, it\u2019ll be ready for a human demo, but there\u2019s a lot the team needs to figure out first in terms of safety, he told CNN. \u201cWe can\u2019t just duct tape and throw things together; we have to be very precise and very careful,\u201d he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1u5v4p300023b6m8v2bjxis@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            There could be other challenges. Dr. Jonathan Clark, an adjunct clinical professor of Neurology and Space Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, who acted as the crew surgeon for six NASA shuttle missions and is a consultant for commercial space firms, told CNN that the extreme environment of space \u2013 from temperatures, to contaminant particles like dust, to electromagnetic radiation \u2013 can mean\u00a0it\u2019s expensive and time-consuming to get technology approved for use off planet Earth.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm22wuloa000u3b6me6vuutgh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            But, he added, the rate of innovation in space technology is astonishing. \u201cFor science fiction to go to science fact, it used to take centuries or decades,\u201d he said. \u201cNow it\u2019s years.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm22wuloa000v3b6mky428hvx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Ballesteros understands the stakes. He has work experience in mission control at NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center, where his team maintained the life support systems within the International Space Station (ISS).\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm22wukmg000s3b6mbgplhd1h@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Ana Diaz Artiles, an assistant professor of aerospace engineering at Texas A&amp;M, who is not involved in the research, told CNN that the limbs could help reduce the metabolic cost of getting up. The tradeoff is that the limbs might add some weight and require more power, she said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm22wvem900113b6milvpl6hp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            She added that moon dust is \u201csuper toxic\u201d so it could be harmful for an astronaut to roll around the lunar surface as they struggle to get up \u2013 a problem SuperLimbs could help eliminate. The robotic limbs are \u201creally cool and really useful,\u201d she said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm22wvem900133b6m3lx2i7fh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Humans haven\u2019t had much of an opportunity <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/a-few-things-artemis-will-teach-us-about-living-and-working-on-the-moon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to work<\/a> on the moon yet. Apollo 17 astronauts hold <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guinnessworldrecords.com\/world-records\/80977-longest-moonwalk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the record<\/a> for the longest moonwalk, at seven hours and 37\u00a0minutes.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm22wvdfe000z3b6m5j34shbc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            By contrast, Artemis mission participants \u2013 which will eventually include astronauts from countries like Japan too \u2013 will spend up to a week on the moon, learning to live and work away from Earth, in preparation for human expeditions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-shares-progress-toward-early-artemis-moon-missions-with-crew\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to Mars<\/a>. China has its own plans to get to the moon by 2030, where it will build a research station.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm22ww37h001b3b6mvihndey7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Ballesteros plans to spend the next few years of his PhD using a \u201cSwiss Army Knife technique\u201d to turn SuperLimbs into a system for astronauts that can \u201caddress different important use cases, but all be one unified design.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm23185rk00053b6mqe4rxc5u@published\" class=\"image_inline-small portrait image_inline-small__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image_inline-small\" data-name=\"Superlimbs20240911_153432.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image_inline-small--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"1.3335\" data-original-height=\"2667\" data-original-width=\"2000\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/superlimbs20240911-153432-20241010081447504.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<div class=\"image_inline-small__container \" data-image-variation=\"image_inline-small\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image_inline-small--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image_inline-small__picture\"><source height=\"2667\" width=\"2000\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/superlimbs20240911-153432-20241010081447504.jpg?q=w_256,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"2667\" width=\"2000\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/superlimbs20240911-153432-20241010081447504.jpg?q=w_256,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"2667\" width=\"2000\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/superlimbs20240911-153432-20241010081447504.jpg?q=w_256,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"2667\" width=\"2000\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/superlimbs20240911-153432-20241010081447504.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/superlimbs20240911-153432-20241010081447504.jpg?q=w_256,c_fill\" alt=\"SuperLimbs could help astronauts recover from falls, move efficiently, and do work.\" class=\"image_inline-small__dam-img image_inline-small__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image_inline-small__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"2667\" width=\"2000\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm22ww37h001c3b6md0jkxmcc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Next up, he plans to work on getting the limbs to function as an extra pair of legs. \u201cSo, it allows you to go from point A to B a lot quicker and without using as much energy,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd if they start to lose their footing a little bit, it can help stabilize them.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm22ww37h001d3b6msmgr6rsf@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            After that, he\u2019s going to turn his attention to figuring out how the limbs can leverage tools to help with tasks like excavation, sample handling, and construction.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph 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