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Engineering Group Mini Review Article ID: igmin212

From Motor Augmentation to Body Enhancement, the Harmony between Human Body and Artificial Parts

Biomedical Engineering Automation and Control SystemsArtificial IntelligenceMachine Learning DOI10.61927/igmin212 Affiliation

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    1School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100083, China

    2Beijing Precision Electromechanical Control Equipment Research Institute, Beijing 100071, China

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Abstract

Based on the recent study of the Third Thumb at the University of Cambridge, one profound question is arising: Do human beings and the human body need a Third Thumb? This article introduces briefly motor augmentation and human augmentation emerging in decades compared to human enhancement, then focuses on three concerns deriving from the methodology of engineering system design including the relationship of system and part, main function and auxiliary function, and engineering system evolution and human evolution, so as to discuss the coordination between the human body and artificial parts generated by wearable interactive technology employed in motor augmentation.

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