after molly and glacial glacier broke and crashed into a dam we'll have more on that in the next hour you're watching d.w. news live from berlin up next our magazine shift living in the digital age will have more headlines again at the top of the hour til then i'm like a local here in berlin. it's about billions. it's about power. it's about the foundation of a new world order the new silk road. china wants to expand its influence with this trade network. but in cairo there's a sharp morning the ever accept money from the new superpower will become dependent on the commitment of the state. the chinese state has

a lot of money at its disposal. and that's how it's expanding and asserting its status and position in the world. china's gateway to europe. starts feb 19th on d w. schiff special artificial intelligence is paving the way to smart prosthetics. this high tech prosthetic camino controlled by thought of all thanks to a high the robotic limb hearns patterns of movement of king our former does benefit from this technology. this robotic hand can learn to cooperate with its wearer thanks to artificial intelligence.

is its teacher and also its owner. today both gone balik can use his robotic arm to carry out amazingly precise and fluid movements for him the ai based technology has opened up a new realm of possibilities. and isn't one huge advantage of this system is the fact that it has to be just at me having to adapt to the system that is it's a game changer i don't have to think about what i want my robot to do for and if it just does it is automatically the markers. wolfgang is a farmer who lives in bavaria in southeastern germany. tending to his crops and livestock is all he's ever wanted to do but after a farming accident is lower arm had to be amputated to continue farming he needed an artificial limb. daniella verse deferred works for the prosthesis manufacturer autocar she specializes in teaching patients like. how to use their

ai based robotic limbs the initial training process takes several weeks this specially designed to cuff is fitted with 8 pairs of electrodes they recognise tiny movements in the muscles of the upper arm and after july's is these tiny movements and stores them as movement patterns. as the cuff and are connected by bluetooth in them and inside the cuff there are lots of electrodes these tiny impulses in both will be transferred on to the. both gandara is learning how to use his robotic limb the tiny muscle impulses he's learning need to be as distinct as possible that way the press that it can link each impulse to a specific movement. is not starting from scratch even after an amputation the

brain remembers the patterns of movement needed to do things like open or close a hand once muscle impulses become associated with specific movements the robotic limb will use ai to learn specific movement patterns. the electrodes inside the robotic limb register the muscle impulses from the upper arm. the app matches these muscular patterns to specific movements and stores them. while both was learning the basics the company's engineers were building his robotic limb now it's ready to learn and adapt to both gone by was movement patterns. all the patient has to do is imagine kerry holding limits with a missing hand the system can distinguish among those magic movements and they can carry it out and so will be. robotic limbs like this are a major increase in quality of life controlling the move this is just amazing all

you have to do is imagine opening your head and the robot opens imagine closing it and it closes same with rotating the prosthetic arm just carries out the movement. the more. german prosthetics manufacturer auto bach is charting new territory the technology only works on for arm prosthetics but that might change soon. and researchers are working on making the technology even more sophisticated. but right now we're working on a systems to provide system to feedback to their wearers so prosthetics can be actually feel as some point i'm sure will be able to provide feedback on temperature or the information about the surface of the object being touched. it will take many more months of training and therapy for both gone by hour to

continue refining how he uses his intelligent robotic forearm he's made a lot of progress already with a lot of patience and practice he and his robotic limb will eventually become a well oiled team. if you just have to carry on with it this is when something doesn't work if you just have to keep trying it some movements work right away well this require more time for practice and for your voice practice will help the ai based device continue to learn and improve the high tech robotic arm the training and therapy and the customized fitting cost around 60000 euros. model can perform 14 different grasping movements and hand positions it's precise enough for typing on a keyboard or using a mobile phone. each finger contained separate small motors that allows each finger

to move and grasp objects in a more natural and coordinated manner and he can swap out the hand depending on what he's working on when he's cleaning the barn he uses a sturdy one that can only rotate. open and close. the more delicate hand can perform most any movements. quite honestly i can't imagine my life without this plus the says i use a prosthesis all day long depends on what i'm currently dealing with i use for everyday purposes at home too for things like. there are so many things i use it for. and thanks to his robot arm. can still tend to his farm. one of a kind championship as cybertron developers from around the world present their

newest technical assistance systems to competitors car pilots compete in a range of disciplines. the need to listen he's been wearing a purse that i can't for more than 30 years. outfitted with some very clever technology he's competing in the side both long arm discipline. he's determined to win. bad colson lives in the swiss capital of bad he's turned his home into a training camp. he's recreated the side with lawn course here in his own apartment every day he practices all sorts of hand movements with his prosthesis trying to be as fast and precise as possible the tasks are challenging but this is exactly what his prosthetic hand was built to do

. this is a man who lectures posse says that means i can control it using muscle impulses that are detected by electrodes in the device i can open it can close it. but i can also rotate around its axis but i didn't include that function i prefer it manually which feels more reliable to me being able to rely on my hand is the most important thing to me. both long 2020 was supposed to be a major event all the planning was complete but then the covert $1000.00 pandemic hit. when i mcmath of course we will have the pandemic with me over any time soon and that we'd still be dealing with this september but we decided to change the format. for a lot. this was federal institute of technology or zurich decided to go

virtual the events would be held in cities around the globe from moscow to tokyo to durban. cyber thought on 2020 global edition was to feature 51 teams in 20 countries around the world. but as they headed into the event no one knew whether they could actually pull it off. and i know. you're a superstar by. meanwhile in durban south africa another competitor was also in training despite various lockdown measures and the developers at team touch hand were determined to make the best of it they also designed this hand themselves and made it using a 3 d. printer in order to participate in the side with lon they even had to recreate the furniture used for the obstacle course all the other teams use the same products

made by a large furniture manufacturer which doesn't deliver to south africa. this side with lawn rules are very detailed and very strict. game day at e.t.h. in switzerland bad corson is here to show what he's made of. he struggles a little with lighting a candle but it stays lit. the pyramid of cups comes at the very end. they out colson is pleased and so is the rest of the. news now he has to wait for the results.

are just getting tight. the other competition videos are streaming and some of the prosthetic arms are truly remarkable. she said. africans will pilot a deck in south africa complete the tower of cops. who were so. good from the 1st time bad calls and gets to see his own performance. the big rip is so tight you know even the announcer is amazed by his strategy. are you changed the whole hand faction. you know me so did he make it to the final. here is the rocky. this

time bad corson came in 5th just narrowly missing qualifying for the final. it's. really good news that it is. good i'm so proud of it really well she showed what we can do to prepare for a really happy now we're going to eat. there was a bit of feel good bye guys all results on. the door. 'd in the end. pilot for team maker hans from croatia took 1st place but at the end of the day every team succeeded in demonstrating the remarkable potential of intelligent prosthetics.

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