Doctor Otto Octavius, better known as doctor octopus, He is one of Spider-Man’s most dangerous enemies. This scientist has a pectoral harness and limbs resulting from an accident, with which he acquired his main characteristic: look like an octopus
In the cinema he was embodied by Alfred Molina, in both Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021).
Now your tools have come true. A group of Japanese researchers created robotic arms that follow the style of Doctor Octopus, called Jizai Arms, just like the company.
These flexible prostheses can be connected, disconnected and replaced to adapt them to any type of work, in order to interact with robots or Artificial Intelligence, according to the Japanese company.
“Half a century after the concept of the cyborg was introduced, Jizai-bodies (digital cyborgs), enabled by the spread of wearable robotics, are the focus of much research,” he explains. “Jizai Arms is a system of supernumerary robotic limbs consisting of a portable base unit with six terminals and detachable robotic arms.
In accordance with Jizai Arms, The system was designed to allow for social interaction between multiple users, such as an arm swap, and to explore possible interactions with robots in a robotic society!
However, as well pointed out David Hernandez, from Computer Today, the invention could have a greater impact on improving the quality of life of people with disabilities. At the moment the subject is not touched by the Japanese engineers.
The design was carried out by researchers from the University of Tokyo: Nahoko Yamamura, Daisuke Uryu, Mitsuru Muramatsu, Yusuke Kamiyama, Makoto Sakamoto, and Shunji Yamanaka.
Their study was published in the specialized journal ACM CHI, in 2023. It is called Social Digital Cyborgs: The Collaborative Design Process of Jizai Arms.