A robot-suit for the elderly and disabled


TOKYO .- A Japanese company introduced a spectacular event in Tokyo, a robot costume, a sort of cyber external skeleton which provides the movements for the elderly and the physically handicapped.
When the user finally packed the invention, known as Hal, his strength is increased significantly so that its creator, Yoshiyuki Sankai, who has a cree in commercial services to the elderly.

The robot, similar to that of many Japanese manga mills themselves, may also be used in rehabilitation programs for persons with physical disabilities, as they do not need much force to move it. Hal is equipped with several sensors that sense the movements of the body, which help users to perform actions that they could not carry out alone.


The robot suit also facilitates movements like getting up from a chair. (Foto: EFE)
The presentation event, held at the Japanese Ministry of Science, was a demonstration of the amazing capabilities of Hal, manufactured by the company Cyberdyne. A political test
Sankai called the secretary general of the National Institute of Science and Technology, Yoshitsugu Harada, to lift his left arm with sacks of rice as I could. Harada said just the second sack, and that each package weighed ten pounds.

Professor Sankai subsequently placed in the three packages of the robot arm, wearing one of his colleagues, who endured the weight of 30 pounds without any effort.
Japan is one of the countries where the population is aging rapidly, it is estimated that the sector of services for the elderly will live a significant flowering. During the prior explanation of his project, Professor Sankai recognized that the anime (Japanese animation) inspired some stage in the development of robot-suit Hal.

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