{"id":5727,"date":"2016-02-29T18:29:58","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T16:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/?p=5727"},"modified":"2019-12-01T18:46:58","modified_gmt":"2019-12-01T16:46:58","slug":"vacuuming-with-ilimb-ultra-revolution-adl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/?p=5727","title":{"rendered":"Vacuuming with iLimb Ultra Revolution [ADL]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Allegedly, one can actually use the iLimb for vacuum cleaning floors. I set out to try that.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Here are fragmentary pieces of evidence that this is actually alleged and even supported by Touch Bionics:<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/?p=5727\/#Movie_about_vacuum_cleaning_with_an_iLimb\" >Movie about vacuum cleaning with an iLimb<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/?p=5727\/#Direct_written_confirmation\" >Direct written confirmation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/?p=5727\/#Actual_experience\" >Actual experience<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Movie_about_vacuum_cleaning_with_an_iLimb\"><\/span>Movie about vacuum cleaning with an iLimb<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>There is what appears to be a Touch Bionics authorized movie that promotes vacuum cleaning of floors, or more precisely, of one small area of a floor, with an iLimb.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/vacuumilimb.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5728\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5728\" src=\"http:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/vacuumilimb.png\" alt=\"vacuumilimb\" width=\"643\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/vacuumilimb.png 643w, https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/vacuumilimb-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/vacuumilimb-350x201.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_12581\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"  data-origwidth=\"800\" data-origheight=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dTqbcOd1MfM?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Direct_written_confirmation\"><\/span>Direct written confirmation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>I find anything that resembles &#8220;action&#8221; rather hard to believe after I had a string of failures with my product here (more concisely, it would run up damages both while being used and while just sitting in a shelf, at which point I am a bit insecure about what it is an iLimb actually survives). My relation with this hand is best characterized by the &#8220;walking on eggshells&#8221; metaphor.<\/p>\n<p>So, to be careful about this, I asked.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/vacuumilimb2.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5729\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5729\" src=\"http:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/vacuumilimb2.png\" alt=\"vacuumilimb2\" width=\"520\" height=\"115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/vacuumilimb2.png 520w, https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/vacuumilimb2-300x66.png 300w, https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/vacuumilimb2-350x77.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Actual_experience\"><\/span>Actual experience<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>I have a 155 m2 floor surface over 3 levels including stairs.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>After about 4-5 minutes, probably due to sweat, the hand became hard to control due to electrode malfunction, about 1\/4 done.<\/li>\n<li>After about 10 minutes the socket slipped off my stump due to more sweat, about 1\/3 done.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>That is that.<\/p>\n<p>I vacuumed the remaining 2\/3 of the house without the prosthetic on.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=swisswuff\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-size=\"large\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/worms.php\" style=\"display: none;\" title=\"Zi   coFLqw Znwl V frYcH\"><!-- Zi   coFLqw Znwl V frYcH --><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Allegedly, one can actually use the iLimb for vacuum cleaning floors. 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