Monday, February 11, 2013

Cyberdyne's robotic HAL suit marches into Japan hospital trials

Cyberdyne's robotic HAL suit goes into hospital trials in Japan

While climbing mountains and helping disabled tourists are fine pursuits, Cyberdyne's HAL robot suit has found an even nobler occupation: helping patients rehabilitate from debilitating nerve and muscle illnesses. According to The Asahi Shimbun, ten hospitals in Japan will start the first clinical trials of the lower-body suit version we saw last year, designed expressly for use by health care professionals. It works by detecting weak bio-electrical signals from patients' muscles which drive small motors and power units, and will be tested on 30 adults to see if it can help them re-learn to walk. Cyberdyne's wares will be trialed in European hospitals too -- which would be a lot of good service for a company with such an evil moniker.

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Source: Asahi Shimbun

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/11/cyberdynes-robotic-hal-suit-marches-into-japan-hospital-trials/

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