Nairobi's ZeroBionic sells 78 robot hands for the price of a mid-range phone while the rest of the world's still in meetings about it.
Kenyan Startup Makes Robotic Hands That Translate Teacher's Voice into Signs for Deaf Students
In Nairobi, 22-year-old Norah Kimathi founded ZeroBionic, which builds 3D-printed robotic hands that translate a teacher's spoken voice into sign language for deaf students. Each hand costs $350, uses recycled plastic, and lasts three years without maintenance. The team recorded signing data from deaf teachers using an electrode bodysuit because no unified African sign language dataset existed. So far, 78 units have been sold across Kenya.
Source: Kenyan Startup Makes Robotic Hands That Translate Teacher's Voice into Signs for Deaf Students — Good News Network
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