The Army Biomechanics

Biomechanics is the study and development of the human body in order to make the lives of people better. Due to an increasing demand from amputees and paraplegics to regain or develop a way to move and function as they had before being injured. There is such a high demand, that the army’s development agency known as D.A.R.P.A ( The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) has donated millions of dollars to sizable and minuscule development teams to create a robotic life for people. The uttermost reason behind the increased funding by the army is from the increased injuries from I.E.D and other explosives to soldiers. Therefore the end goal is being able to give the wounded soldiers back their mobility, functionality return people to their

With this dexterity of the robotics, people can use the hands like the typical person, or they can ramp up the compressions to have near superhuman strength, nevertheless the vast amount of user adaptability that users have, made the robotics some of the most user-friendly gadgets in the world (Campbell). Simply the idea for someone to go from playing with a small child to tightening bolts on a car wheel with their bare hands, moreover still having the same tightening strength as an impact driver or tire iron, can demonstrate the endless possibilities that one might have with a prosthetic(Bionic Man). “‘Biomechanics are a necessity,’ says Les Baugh, who lost both of his arms when he was 17 years old. ‘They make you feel like a person again, instead of having to ask, hey can you put this in my car or can you open

Such as the possibility of extended space travel or even the ability to be on other planets without the need of space suits or protective gear. That could not only expand the possibilities of where humans can go, but even possibly live which can solve the age-long overpopulation problem that has developed through Asia and Europe. It can even become possible to grow and raise food on the other planets and feed both that planet and the earth. With the advances in Biomechanics, the stars really are the limit on what we as the human race can truly achieve.

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