This Founder Is Using 3D Printing And Robotics To Turn Disabilities Into Superpowers

Entrepreneur and engineer Joel Gibbard, MBE is using his passion for robotics to build bionic arms, turning disabilities into superpowers. After learning about 3D printing and robotics in school, Gibbard co-founded OpenBionics in 2014 to marry the two technologies and disrupt outdated models of prosthetic devices. The company, based in Bristol, England created the first fully integrated 3D printed bionic prosthesis with its Hero Arm, which fits from below the elbow. Gibbard and his co-founder, Samantha Payne, a former journalist, are leading a massive shift in how prostheses are perceived – by those who wear them, and others.

Gibbard and his team recently provided two wounded Ukrainian

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