Aidan Robinson, the 9-year-old boy who designed a prosthesis for his arm using Legos
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This is the story of Aidan Robinson, 9 years old, born with the left arm that was missing the part that goes from the elbow to the hand. Despite the obvious and uncomfortable problem, this child from the United States has not lost heart and thanks to his creativity he decided to design a prosthesis himself that could help him.
Aidan had tried several solutions in order to improve his situation, including an artificial plastic hand which, however, he could not move in any way and which therefore did not allow him, to his great regret, even to grasp objects. Consequently, the child, for about 2 years, had now decided to abandon any support that was not functional but only uncomfortable and useless.
The problem arises because, notwithstanding prostheses in recent years are made in an increasingly sophisticated and technological way, they are often not available for children. In fact, given that to create them you have to invest a lot of money, we prefer to make prostheses for adults that can last a long time since growth has now stopped.
So tired of this situation, with the help of some KidMob experts, Aidan decided to design a prosthesis made from a metal rod and Lego. The most famous bricks in the world lend themselves particularly well as they can be easily removed or added. The idea came after Aidan attended the 'Superhero Cyborg Camp', where together with other children without arms and / or hands he learned the basics of design.
The new prosthesis, unlike the previous ones, allows Aidan to grab objects and now he can finally eat alone, practice karate and grab the remote control that allows him to play the video games that, like all children of his age, he loves so much.
It now seems that Aidan's inventiveness and tenacity will also be useful to other children who are in the same situation as him. Thanks to collaboration with Coby Unger, expert in 3D projects, the complete design of the prosthesis will soon be available on Instructables.com for other designers who have a 3D printer available.
Photo: Matteo Kramer
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