Hyundai will now be looking at an upper body system, the Hyundai Vest Exoskeleton (H-VEX). The soon-to-be introduced H-VEX exoskeleton is for workers in jobs that require a lot of arm lifting.
By designing adaptable machines that learn on the fly, researchers hope to create exoskeleton systems that will help to move faster and farther.
A brain-controlled glove is letting people with paraplegia perform everyday tasks like eating, drinking and signing their name.
Using this exoskeleton in a virtual environment, a baseball feels firm, and an egg light and fragile.
Something nicknamed "the cyborg olympics" may sound right at home in a science-fiction yarn, but this is real, and it has everything to do with advancing research to help those with physical disabilities.
A device the size of a matchstick, implanted next to the brain’s motor cortex, could one day help paralysed people move their limbs.
In the relentless torrent of high technology news that rushes past each day, it can be easy to miss the good stuff. For example, the debut of a cleverly designed exoskeleton that helps paraplegics walk again — and that the average person can actually afford.
