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I don't understand the need for all the high tech electronics in this. It looks like it could straightforwardly be done with 19th century mechanical linkages a

• AlotOfReading 2y ago
  Contrary to what the article implies, this isn't just passing the mechanical motions through. There's a lot of highly configurable signal processing to remove things like hand tremors. Good luck designing a mechanical linkage for that. The tolerance issues with the mechanicals would probably rival the cost and complexity here since you'd have no calibration mechanisms either and the maintenance/lifecycle would be disastrously expensive for the same reason. Robotics is simply better for this.
  • throwaway81523 2y ago
    I see, thanks. In the video it looked like the motions were simply being passed through, and tremors were made less important by the scaling. However, again, they can mostly be damped by simple mechanical filters, same idea as shock absorbers on cars. I can see how a digital system could do a better job by adjusting itself adaptively during use.