Sentences with phrase «with robotic exoskeletons»

A longstanding quest to augment human performance with robotic exoskeletons takes a softer approach

He and colleagues reveal that eight Brazilians paralyzed because of spinal cord injuries regained some small but significant sensation and muscle control in their lower limbs after many months of training with the robotic exoskeleton, and by a virtual reality avatar also controlled by brain signals.

Juliano Pinto, a 29 - year - old paraplegic, kicked off the 2014 World Cup in São Paulo with a robotic exoskeleton suit that he wore and controlled with his mind.

Not exact matches

Ask the hundreds of millions of TV viewers who, that same year, witnessed a paraplegic man kicking off the Soccer FIFA World Cup in Brazil, moving the ball with help from his mind - controlled robotic exoskeleton.

In addition to the robotics leg, Goldfarb's Center for Intelligent Mechatronics has developed an advanced exoskeleton that allows paraplegics to stand up and walk, which led Popular Mechanics magazine to name him as one of the 10 innovators who changed the world in 2013, and a robotic hand with a dexterity that approaches that of the human hand.

An engineer and computer scientist by training, Casals is developing software to make these robotic exoskeletons «intelligent enough to interact with humans and try to complement the humans» abilities,» she says.

«For heavy lifting, use exoskeletons with caution: The wearable robotics don't eliminate stress — they just shift it to other parts of the body.»

Once they mastered this, we outfitted them with static robotic [legs] to move from just controlling the movements of an avatar to controlling an exoskeleton and actually trying to walk.

A team from the Centre for Automation and Robotics (CAR, UPM - CSIC) has developed a robotic exoskeleton that performs more efficiently rehabilitation therapies of patients with shoulder injuries.

Finally, they practiced with the custom - built robotic exoskeleton shown off at the 2014 World Cup.

Scientists at M.I.T. Media Lab's Biomechatronics Group have, with funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), developed an exoskeleton that promises to not only lessen the load of weary travelers but also to advance research that will ultimately lead to robotic limbs that improve the strength and mobility of amputees.

ReWalk Robotics (formerly Argo Medical Technologies) develops, manufactures and markets wearable robotic exoskeletons for people with lower limb disabilities, such as paraplegia.

January 7, 2016, WEST ORANGE, N.J. — A joint team from Kessler Foundation and the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is developing new applications for wearable robotic exoskeleton devices with a $ 5 million federal grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research.

Researchers from the two institutions are working together on the next generation of robotic exoskeletons to improve mobility and to enable safer, more independent functioning for people with spinal cord injuries (SCI), Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, and stroke.

Karen Nolan, Ph.D., senior research scientist at Kessler Foundation, is extending her preliminary research on the use of the Ekso GT, a robotic exoskeleton, in inpatients with motor deficits caused by acute stroke.

Mobility research, in partnership with Human Performance & Engineering Research, centers on the application of robotic exoskeletons for stroke rehabilitation.

Japanese robotics firm Cyberdyne created a joint venture with Brooks Rehabilitation to bring the HAL exoskeleton to the United States.

Quite similar to the HULC, the Sarco XOS 2 exoskeleton by Raytheon is a robotic suit developed for military and industrial uses and can help wearer's carry up to 200 pounds with little or no effort.