At IFA next week, LG is set to unveil what it calls a “wearable robot,” which is effectively an exoskeleton that workers step into to help take the load off their legs.

Getting your backpack or rucksack right can make the difference between having fun and being in constant pain due to an ill fitting backpack.

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In collaboration with Suncall Corporation, and with support provided by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) under the Center of Innovation (COI) Program, Professor Tadao Tsuboyama of the Graduate School of Medicine and his collaborators have recently succeeded in developing an "Attached Robotic Unit Knee-Ankle-Foot Orthothesis", a modular wearable walking assist device designed to aid the rehabilitation of people with walking difficulties.

https://youtu.be/HpYhY5-cVykOver 100 years ago, the moving assembly line, invented by Ford Motor Company under the leadership of Henry Ford, revolutionized auto

Practical exoskeletons have moved closer to common usage with the news that Honda has begun leasing 100 of its Walking Assist Devices to hospitals in Japan so that it can monitor and validate their usefulness of the device in the real world.

The technology behind Honda’s ASMIO robot is being used in a device designed to help the partially impaired walk.

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"アシストスーツ" "パワードスーツ"と聞いて、思い浮かべるのはどんなモノでしょうか。イカついメカや仰々しい人工筋肉をまとって巨大な瓦礫をヒョイと持ち上げる…。そんなSF的発想も楽しいけれど、時は21世紀、じつはパワードスーツは私たちの想像をはるかに超えて身近な存在になっています。 例えばユーピーアールが開発した「SUPPORT JACKET Bb+FIT」

KAUDA Robotic Arm: KAUDA is a printable and DIY robotic arm developed with the aim of creating a robot that could cover the functions you want at a low cost, without losing quality and efficiency. Developed by a maker for makers, for those who want to work on it,…

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「歩調を整える」技術から生まれた、アシスト機器。楽に、より速く、遠くまで。脚の振り出しを補助することで、「歩幅と歩行のリズム」を調整した「歩行アシスト」についてご紹介します。

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Which means we're one step closer to robotic exoskeletons. Hop aboard.

Graphic: Bionic walker