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Discussion in 'General Open/Public Discussion' started by Praetor-Vong, 8 Apr 2005.


  1. Praetor-Vong

    Praetor-Vong

    HAL bionic suit going to market

    Posted Apr 8, 2005, 8:45 AM ET by Barb Dybwad
    Related entries: Robots, Wireless

    HAL bionic suit 2So the unfortunately-named robotic HAL, Hybrid Assistive Limb, is finally making it to mass production after a ten year development cycle. This bionic suit gives its wearer extra strength by providing a worn exoskeleton that gives an extra boost to walking and climbing movements. Each time the wearer takes a step, bioelectric sensors attached to the skin monitor the movements, send the data wirelessly to an attached computer worn in a backpack, which in turns tells the robotic limbs to take a step right along with the user, adding strength to the movement. Potential applications for the suit include helping people with brain and spinal injuries as well as act as a wheelchair replacement for the elderly. We just want one so we can be the next great crime-fighting cyborg superhero — but at $19,000 a pop, we kinda can’t afford to be that altruistic.

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    Praetor-Vong, 8 Apr 2005
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  2. Denny Crane

    Denny Crane

    What are you doing, Dave?
     
    Denny Crane, 8 Apr 2005
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  3. Chops

    Chops DragonWolf

    no disassemble!
     
    Chops, 8 Apr 2005
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  4. KaozReign

    KaozReign

    Funny.
    I studied stuff along those lines in school - I actually took classes that would've covered the concepts that device entails. The electrical engineering aspects of the circuitry and the biggest part being the biomedical aspect in terms of recreation of human movement and motion as well as the physiology.

    I have a senior design project that if it had been successful would've conceptually allowed for wheelchair bound people with no use of their fingers to simply rotate their hand and use EMG signals to move the chair. Turned out to be an interesting project allbeit a hard one (I was the hardware engineer on the project responsible for the circuit board creation).
     
    KaozReign, 8 Apr 2005
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  5. Praetor-Vong

    Praetor-Vong

    What are the ethical ramifications of this type of technology? Yes, granted a EMG signal could be interpreted to potentially help someone, but could that same signal be put to harmful use?
     
    Praetor-Vong, 8 Apr 2005
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  6. Racewiz

    Racewiz

    So can a hammer but that shouldn't stop good things from happening with it.
     
    Racewiz, 9 Apr 2005
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