>> I think the critical difference was that the Wakandan techs perceived Bucky as a person, so they built an arm that could primarily do things that people need. Rather than thinking of him as a weapon and building an arm that could primarily do things a weapon would need.<<
Absolutely. From the description, it looks like they are familiar with building prosthetics and have gotten plentiful input from other amputees about what helps, what doesn't, and what a prosthetic arm should do. I bet they don't have the freaking 80% rejection rate of conventional prosthetic arms.
>> Plus, just from a technical standpoint: I think it would be relatively easy to test the raw strength of the arm while it's unattached--can the servos handle this much resistance, how many pounds of force can it deliver, etc. Whereas the finesse would depend more on its sensitivity in relaying outside stimuli and responding to Bucky's commands, so that needs to be tested on him.<<
Yes, that makes sense. The one thing they can't test on the power side is how well it responds to Bucky's will, but finesse can test basic response. Strength intensity control is another issue.
Meanwhile over in Terramagne, we have one character with a prosthetic hand who actually has failsafes built into it. The device can take much more stress than his remaining arm, so it needs failsafes to prevent damaging the anchor point. He can't, for instance, tear a steel door off its hinges. But there's an override in case what he needs to do is crush something in his hand -- say, crumpling a gun. Very convenient, but it requires foresight to design bifocal performance like that.
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Well, you wrote it a lot better than Civil War.
>> I think the critical difference was that the Wakandan techs perceived Bucky as a person, so they built an arm that could primarily do things that people need. Rather than thinking of him as a weapon and building an arm that could primarily do things a weapon would need.<<
Absolutely. From the description, it looks like they are familiar with building prosthetics and have gotten plentiful input from other amputees about what helps, what doesn't, and what a prosthetic arm should do. I bet they don't have the freaking 80% rejection rate of conventional prosthetic arms.
>> Plus, just from a technical standpoint: I think it would be relatively easy to test the raw strength of the arm while it's unattached--can the servos handle this much resistance, how many pounds of force can it deliver, etc. Whereas the finesse would depend more on its sensitivity in relaying outside stimuli and responding to Bucky's commands, so that needs to be tested on him.<<
Yes, that makes sense. The one thing they can't test on the power side is how well it responds to Bucky's will, but finesse can test basic response. Strength intensity control is another issue.
Meanwhile over in Terramagne, we have one character with a prosthetic hand who actually has failsafes built into it. The device can take much more stress than his remaining arm, so it needs failsafes to prevent damaging the anchor point. He can't, for instance, tear a steel door off its hinges. But there's an override in case what he needs to do is crush something in his hand -- say, crumpling a gun. Very convenient, but it requires foresight to design bifocal performance like that.