Minimally Actuated Robot Arm Has Lots of Joints, Just One Clever Motor

A motor that travels along unactuated joints makes for a flexible, reconfigurable manipulator

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Minimally Actuated Serial Robot (MASR)
Israeli researchers are developing a robotic arm with a motor that can travel along a rail to actuate different joints. Their Minimally Actuated Serial Robot (MASR) is lightweight and modular and offers plenty of advantages, as long as you’re not in any sort of hurry.
Image: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev