Development of a patient-specific robotic prosthesis

In this community post, Beatrice Poletti, Università degli studi di Milano (Italy) discusses her project on developing a patient-specific robotic prosthesis. My name is Beatrice Poletti, I'm 24 years old and I'm studying medicine at the Università degli studi di Milano (Italy). In May, I had the pleasure of presenting my project in Chengdu (China) for the semifinals of the ChinItaly Challenge. My project involves a robotic prosthesis arm, made with the 3D printer in order to lower production costs and make this technology available to anyone who needs it. The idea of building this type of prosthesis comes from...