May 12, 2014 01:46pm ETProsthetic 'Luke Skywalker' Arm Wins FDA Approval The DEKA Arm System is capable of handling objects as delicate as grapes and eggs and also manipulating power tools, such as a hand drill. Credit: DARPA View full size image

An extremely advanced prosthetic arm — sometimes compared to Luke Skywalker's arm from "Star Wars" — has been approved for clinical use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, officials announced.

The DEKA arm, funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), is an upper-limb prosthetic designed to restore near-natural control to amputees. The high-tech limb can handle objects as delicate as a grape or as hefty as a power tool, researchers said.

The military research agency launched the Revolutionizing Prosthetics program in 2006 with the goal of developing a prosthetic device "to repay some of the debt we owe to our service members," Dr. Geoffrey Ling, director of DARPA's Biological Technologies Office, said in a statement. [Humanoid Robots to Flying Cars: 10 Coolest DARPA Projects]

The program aims to provide a more sophisticated alternative to prosthetic devices such as the split-hook device invented in 1912.

The DEKA Arm System, developed by the company DEKA Integrated Solutions in Manchester, New Hampshire, uses wireless signals from sensors in the user's feet and other inputs to control the arm's multiple joints. The arm is about the same size and weight as a natural limb, and is battery-powered. The user can select among six different grips.

The arm's development would not have been possible without a host of technological advances, including the miniaturization of motor parts, computer controls and sensors and manufacturing that uses lightweight but strong materials.

The FDA approved the device based on a study of 36 participants, funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs, as well as additional tests and trials funded by the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command. The device is designed for people who are 18 or older.

假肢“卢克天行者”获准投入临床

2014年5月12号下午1点46分ETProsthetic“卢克天行者”布防赢得FDA Approval 的DEKA臂系统能够处理的对象作为细腻的葡萄，鸡蛋，还操纵电动工具等作为一个手钻。图片来源：DARPA查看原图

一个非常先进的假肢＆mdash;有时比起卢克·天行者的从手臂＆QUOT;星球大战＆QUOT; ＆mdash;已被批准用于美国食品和药物管理局的临床使用中，官方公布.

的DEKA手臂，由美国国防高级研究计划局（DARPA）资助，是上肢假肢旨在恢复接近自然的控制截肢者。高科技四肢能够处理对象作为细腻的葡萄或沉重的电动工具，研究人员说.

军事研究机构推出了彻底变革假肢计划于2006年开发的假肢装置＆QUOT的目标;偿还部分我们欠我们的服务人员的债务，与QUOT;杰弗里·岭博士，DARPA的生物技术办公室主任，在声明中说。 [人形机器人飞行汽车：10最酷DARPA项目Humanoid Robots to Flying Cars: 10 Coolest DARPA ProjectsDEKA集成解决方案在曼彻斯特，新罕布什尔州，使用来自用户的脚传感器和其他输入无线信号以控制手臂的多关节。臂是大致相同的尺寸和重量作为自然肢体，并且是电池供电的。用户可以在六个不同的交手.

手臂的发展选择就不会是不可能实现一台主机的技术进步，包括汽车零部件，计算机控制和传感器制造，使用轻便的小型化，但坚固的材料.

美国食品药物管理局批准的基础上研究的36名学员参加，由退伍军人事务部，以及额外的测试和试验部由美国陆军医学研究和装备司令部提供资金资助的设备。该器件是专为人们谁是18岁以上.