Feb 7 2011
Benjamin Moss, student of King’s School, developed a robotic finger and demonstrated it in the CREST Awards, held at the World Museum, Liverpool. He will participate in ‘Big Bang: UK Scientists’ and Engineers’ Fair’, which is part of the National Science and Engineers Contest.
Robotic Finger
Benjamin Moss has mentioned that the contest motivates young generation to interpret science and engineering from a different perspective. The robotic finger could be deployed in several operations such as handling risky and unsafe substances such as nuclear waste, discarding explosives and performing minimally-invasive microsurgery.
The movement of the robotic finger will synchronize with the varying intensity of light at the tip of the fiber optic. This is enabled by the bending and flattening of the fiber optic whenever the operator bends his finger.
Sir Roland Jackson, Chief executive of the British Science Association, has mentioned that the robotic finger project depicts Benjamin’s inventive and sensible approach and he wished Benjamin good luck for his endeavors.
Graham Bendall and Siobhan Barnard from King’s School also participated in the CREST Awards. Graham’s project was based on utilization of lasers in cutting latest composite materials. Siobhan presented a project concerning the collation and investigation of information for key stage two results of schools in the Ellesmere Port region.