可获超人之力的“机器人手套”
Factory workers are about to get super-human strength thanks to Nasa's 'Robo-Glove'.
有了美国航天局（NASA）研发的“机器人手套”，工厂工人将获超人之力。
The glove helped scientists control Robonaut 2, a humanoid that provided engineering and technical assistance on space mission just like Star Wars' R2-D2.
But now it has been given power-boosting technologies thanks to a partnership between General Motors and medical technology company Bioservo, who hope that it will help workers on factory floors.
Using a combination of sensors that function like human nerves, muscles and tendons the new Power Glove has the same dexterity of the human hand - but with mammoth strength.
The ground-breaking muscle-mimicking technologies could help employees in health care and manufacturing industries where a strong grip is necessary to get the job done.
The glove helps stops tired hands from aching after a long day's work and will make it easier for workers to, quite literally, get a grip.
It could slash the amount of force an assembly operator needs to hold a tool during an operation in half.
An assembly operator in a factory may use 15- to 20 pounds of force to hold a tool during an operation, for example.
But with the robotic glove, the factory operator might need to apply only five to 10 pounds of force.