Rancho Arm

Acquired by Stanford University in 1963, the Rancho Arm, a machine that is used as a human arm, holds a place among the first artificial robotic arms to be controlled by a computer. The dream has been fulfilled for the unfortunate children and adults that have been taken hold of a terrible disease and left without an arm. Researchers at the Rancho Los Amigos Hospital in Downey, California designed the Rancho Arm as a tool for the handicapped.