New experimental technology comes to aid of the disabled in many forms that will knock your socks off! Mobility Now looks at ten mobility robots.
Most of these innovations are from Japan, the robotics capital of the world, where a growing elderly population creates a huge market for such devices. http://www.mobilitynow.co.uk/top-10-amazing-mobility-robots-for-the-handicapped-and-disabled/ -Thanks, Jesper!
A mobility robot is a robot that is designed to help handicapped and disabled people move around. It might have wheels, but most often it will have legs so it can climb stairs and uneven ground. It might also take the form of a mobility suit, which is a kind of robot that surrounds the shape of your body, arms and legs.
Most of these innovations are from Japan, the robotics capital of the world, where a growing elderly population creates a huge market for such devices. http://www.mobilitynow.co.uk/top-10-amazing-mobility-robots-for-the-handicapped-and-disabled/ -Thanks, Jesper!
Comments (5)
They are great wee things and no doubt bloody god sends to the users but don't seem to be robots.
The ibot is in service to day and a real boon to the wheel chair bound.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1RhmvxcpfI&feature=related
sorry to post the advert but it is the clearest viseo on YT I couyld find.