---
title: "Watch a Badass Wearable Robot Arm Hulk Smash Through a Wall"
description: "A team of researchers from Université de Sherbrooke in Canada have created a badass waist-mounted hydraulic arm that's capable of smashing through walls."
date: "2020-06-05"
modified: "2020-06-05"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/wearable-robot-arm-smash-through-walls"
categories:
  - "Robotics"
  - "Robots and Machines"
tags:
  - "robot arm"
  - "robotic arm"
  - "the digest"
---

# Watch a Badass Wearable Robot Arm Hulk Smash Through a Wall

![A team of researchers from Université de Sherbrooke in Canada have created a badass waist-mounted hydraulic arm that's capable of smashing through walls.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/wearable-robot-arm-smash-through-walls.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Université de Sherbrooke\</em\>*

## Hulk Smash

A team of researchers from Université de Sherbrooke in Canada have created a badass, waist-mounted hydraulic arm that's capable of smashing through walls, [*IEEE Spectrum* reports](<https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/robotic-third-arm-can-smash-through-walls>).

https://youtu.be/yhB-XCkH5u0

A video uploaded by the team shows the robotic arm in action. It can move heavy power tools, paint walls, pick vegetables — and even Hulk smash through drywall.

The robotic arm can be remote controlled by a miniaturized version of the arm operated by a second person standing nearby.

## Super Human

The user will not have to carry the weight of the entire machinery on their back thanks to a tether that connects the arm to bulkier machinery nearby. The arm itself weighs about as much as a real human arm.

Lead researcher Catherine Véronneau told *IEEE Spectrum* that they're planning to have some fun with the robotic arm — once they can return safely to their workplace.

For instance, the team is planning to recreate a hilarious [commercial uploaded to YouTube](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P6MMVjfapA>) back in 2012 that shows a man dancing, while a similar waist-mounted robotic arm keeps his pint of beer steady on a small platter.

**READ MORE:** [Robotic Third Arm Can Smash Through Walls](<https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/robotic-third-arm-can-smash-through-walls>) \[*IEEE Spectrum*\]

**More on robotic arms:** *[New Mind-Controlled Robot Arm First to Work Without Brain Implant](<https://futurism.com/mind-controlled-robot-arm-brain-implant>)*

## Author
I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

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