Robo-girl rules!
Japanese robot suit to let paralyzed move again
TODAYonline, InfoTech // Thursday, September 28, 2006
Japan’s Matsushita company unveiled a robotic suit, eyed to be marketed in two years, that will help people who are partially paralyzed rehabilitate the rest of their bodies. When a person who suffered a stroke moves his or her active arm while wearing the suit, the paralyzed other arm will make the same motion by stretching and bending compressors that act as muscles….
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Sadly, the title of this article makes it sound like this a GUNDAM-like exoskeleton suit for a paralyzed person. In reality, the suit is just an automated version of what a physical therapist does everyday. In a way, this is not “robotic suit” as it is a robotic physical therapist. Kool but it’s not any GUNDAM fun. Meh. Well, at least the Matsushita girl wearing the robotic suit is cute.
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September 29th, 2006 at 5:03 pm
New Power Suit Amplifies Human Strength
LiveScience.com Thu Sep 28, 4:00 PM ET
NEW YORK—Engineers in Japan are perfecting a wearable power suit that amplifies human strength to help lift hospital patients or heavy objects.
Driven by portable batteries, micro air pumps and small body sensors that pick up even the slightest muscle twitch, the Stand-Alone Wearable Power Assist Suit is designed to help nursing home workers lift patients of up to 180 pounds while cutting the amount of strength required in half, project researcher Hirokazu Noborisaka told LiveScience today…..