If you do not hear yet of a suit that can help
physically disabled people be physically abled again- then this I will tell
you.
There is a developed wearable robotic suit or
wearable cyborg suit where physically disabled person can wear and be as if he
is not physically disabled. That suit is called “Hybrid Assistive Limb” or “HAL”
.It is an exoskeleton that is powered by wearer’s mind.
The suit is developed and invented by Cyberdyne Inc
company by a known Japanese roboticist Yoshiyuki Sankai.
According to information about it, one cannot easily
wear it and everything goes well but it needs time and help from a physiotherapist
before the suit and one’s brain work properly and used to one another.
“HAL
-- essentially a wearable cyborg -- helps those with spinal cord
injuries and muscular dystrophy regain their movements and strengthen their
nerves and muscles. Known as exoskeletons, they're a type of lightweight suit,
with joints powered by small electric motors, that serve as mechanical muscle. Here's
what's truly mind-blowing: Patients use their brain waves to
control them.” (CNN)
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