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Robotic arm that translates words in signs


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A robotic hand that can translate words into sign language gestures for deaf people has been created by scientists.

Named Project Aslan, the 3D-printed hand costs as little as £400 ($560) to make and interprets both written text and spoken words.

The device communicates through 'fingerspelling', a type of sign language where words are spelled out letter-by-letter through separate gestures on a single hand.

The robot, which will be ready in five years, could one day be carried around in a rucksack, scientists say.

It could help some of the 70 million worldwide who are deaf or hard of hearing to communicate with people who don't know sign language.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5517971/ASLAN-robot-arm-translates-words-sign-language-deaf-people.html

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