wearable robot
SAHNI RABINDER
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Title:
wearable robot
Creator:
SAHNI RABINDER
Date:
11/8/2008
Text:
Dear List Members,
Please visit the site pasted below, about new HONDA wearable robot that when further modified could be great assistance to orthotic as
well prosthetic device users.
Thanks
Best Regards
Mr.Rabinder Sahni
Prosthetics R&D, Designer lower limbs, self user
INDIA
<URL Redacted>
Honda Unveils New Robot Walker
By VOA News
07 November 2008
A researcher displays Honda's experimental walking assist device in Tokyo, 7 Nov. 2008
The Honda Motor Company has displayed for the first time a new computerized walker machine, designed to help factory workers and the elderly.
The machine which weighs 6.5 kilos, has a saddle, leg-frames and shoes. It reduces the weight of a user's legs making it easier to climb and descend stairs, as well as carry out difficult crouching positions.
A user sits on the saddle puts on the shoes, and pushes a start button, which then moves the users legs. The device is driven by a computer, has a motor and gears, and battery powered sensors that respond to a user's movements.
Honda says it will start using the machine at a factory in Japan.
The device is also expected help elderly people. Japan has a rapidly aging population and also leads the world in robot technology.
In 2000 Honda developed the first two-legged walking robot called ASIMO. Honda says some of the same technology was used in the newer device.
Some information for this report was provided by AFP and AP.
Imagine a bicycle seat connected by mechanical frames to a pair of shoes for an idea of how the new wearable assisted-walking gadget from Honda works. The experimental device, unveiled Friday, is designed to support bodyweight, reduce stress on the knees and help people get up steps and stay in crouching positions.
Honda envisions the device being used by workers at auto or other factories. It showed a video of Honda employees wearing the device and bending to peer underneath vehicles on an assembly line.
Engineer Jun Ashihara also said the machine is useful for people standing in long lines and for people who run around to make deliveries.
Please visit the site pasted below, about new HONDA wearable robot that when further modified could be great assistance to orthotic as
well prosthetic device users.
Thanks
Best Regards
Mr.Rabinder Sahni
Prosthetics R&D, Designer lower limbs, self user
INDIA
<URL Redacted>
Honda Unveils New Robot Walker
By VOA News
07 November 2008
A researcher displays Honda's experimental walking assist device in Tokyo, 7 Nov. 2008
The Honda Motor Company has displayed for the first time a new computerized walker machine, designed to help factory workers and the elderly.
The machine which weighs 6.5 kilos, has a saddle, leg-frames and shoes. It reduces the weight of a user's legs making it easier to climb and descend stairs, as well as carry out difficult crouching positions.
A user sits on the saddle puts on the shoes, and pushes a start button, which then moves the users legs. The device is driven by a computer, has a motor and gears, and battery powered sensors that respond to a user's movements.
Honda says it will start using the machine at a factory in Japan.
The device is also expected help elderly people. Japan has a rapidly aging population and also leads the world in robot technology.
In 2000 Honda developed the first two-legged walking robot called ASIMO. Honda says some of the same technology was used in the newer device.
Some information for this report was provided by AFP and AP.
Imagine a bicycle seat connected by mechanical frames to a pair of shoes for an idea of how the new wearable assisted-walking gadget from Honda works. The experimental device, unveiled Friday, is designed to support bodyweight, reduce stress on the knees and help people get up steps and stay in crouching positions.
Honda envisions the device being used by workers at auto or other factories. It showed a video of Honda employees wearing the device and bending to peer underneath vehicles on an assembly line.
Engineer Jun Ashihara also said the machine is useful for people standing in long lines and for people who run around to make deliveries.
Citation
SAHNI RABINDER, “wearable robot,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/229848.
