Hybrid Assistive Limb By Cyberdyne Inc. To Reduce Human Efforts
Machine like robotic exoskeleton of Arnold Schwarzenegger introduced in 1984 in the movie 'Terminator' is soon going to be a reality. A Japanese company Cyberdyne Inc. has designed such an exoskeleton. The machine is named as Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL).
The primary aim of this Hybrid assistive limb is to reduce human efforts in doing simple or complex tasks which are otherwise very cumbersome. The exoskeleton features some unique biological signal sensors which detects finite movements of the voluntary control systems. In other words, whenever we make a move our brain sends the signals to our muscles. The system detects those signals from your skin and helps you make a move. Basically, the machine uses Hydraulics for taking off the strain from human body caused by lifting heavy loads.
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But for terminator fans, the appearance of the suit is perhaps opposite. It is a lower body suit. In this case, the humans are technically inside the suit while in the terminator they were outside. In any case HAL seems to be another attempt to unite humans with technology. HAL was also showcased in International Forum on Cybernics March 8-9, 2011.
The suit is the brainchild of Dr. Yoshiyuki Sankai, University of Tsukuba. The use of this suit is not only in adding to the ease of human work but it would also be a boon to the paraplegic patients. Sankai’s interest lies in the area to increase human mobility and reducing efforts.
Dr. Sankai is also the CEO of Cyberdyne Inc. He received his Doctorate degree from University of Tsukuba and has served many important posts. A few years back, he was also appointed as Global COE program by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
Recently Prof. Homayoon Kazerooni from university of California had also designed an exoskeleton. He designed it consisting of light motors, actuators and other electro-mechanical devices. This one is a little different from the exoskeleton of Prof. Kazerooni. The suit by Cyberdyne helps the wearer to lift nearly 44 pounds more weight than that he would normally lift. However the suit needs to be charged every 5 hours and even if rented, it is quite costly $2200 a month.
This exoskeleton sure is an innovation of its kind. The ease it will add, to the tiresome work of the laborers/Patients and also normal people will be spectacular. The scope of it is not only limited to the mentioned fields but its applications will expand as we move ahead in future.
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The primary aim of this Hybrid assistive limb is to reduce human efforts in doing simple or complex tasks which are otherwise very cumbersome. The exoskeleton features some unique biological signal sensors which detects finite movements of the voluntary control systems. In other words, whenever we make a move our brain sends the signals to our muscles. The system detects those signals from your skin and helps you make a move. Basically, the machine uses Hydraulics for taking off the strain from human body caused by lifting heavy loads.
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But for terminator fans, the appearance of the suit is perhaps opposite. It is a lower body suit. In this case, the humans are technically inside the suit while in the terminator they were outside. In any case HAL seems to be another attempt to unite humans with technology. HAL was also showcased in International Forum on Cybernics March 8-9, 2011.
The suit is the brainchild of Dr. Yoshiyuki Sankai, University of Tsukuba. The use of this suit is not only in adding to the ease of human work but it would also be a boon to the paraplegic patients. Sankai’s interest lies in the area to increase human mobility and reducing efforts.
Dr. Sankai is also the CEO of Cyberdyne Inc. He received his Doctorate degree from University of Tsukuba and has served many important posts. A few years back, he was also appointed as Global COE program by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
Recently Prof. Homayoon Kazerooni from university of California had also designed an exoskeleton. He designed it consisting of light motors, actuators and other electro-mechanical devices. This one is a little different from the exoskeleton of Prof. Kazerooni. The suit by Cyberdyne helps the wearer to lift nearly 44 pounds more weight than that he would normally lift. However the suit needs to be charged every 5 hours and even if rented, it is quite costly $2200 a month.
This exoskeleton sure is an innovation of its kind. The ease it will add, to the tiresome work of the laborers/Patients and also normal people will be spectacular. The scope of it is not only limited to the mentioned fields but its applications will expand as we move ahead in future.
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