OpenArm's Origin: From Gesture Armband to Prosthetics Sought by Humanoid Firms
shekitup · x · 2026-10-01
A user shares the origin story of OpenArm: it started as a forearm band for gesture detection, then evolved into building prosthetic hands — and now those prosthetic hands are being gobbled up by humanoid robotics companies.
An interesting evolution path from wearable sensing to robot end-effectors.
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