Robot Suit Provides Super Human Strength!
At a trade fair in Japan this week, a new robot suit to
aid the elderly was on display. The Kanagawa Institute of
Technology in Japan created this wearable
power assist suit to help caregivers lift the elderly. It takes 10
minutes to put it on and get it going and weighs a hefty 66 pounds.
Once on, this pneumatic device effectively doubles a person's strength
(ie, one could lift a 220 lb person as if they were 110 lbs). Probably,
this is more of a prototype as it still takes a long time to put on and
doesn't totally take away all the effort to lift a person but it's a
step in the right
direction for future robot suits. Other robot suit news links:
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