Nurse Robot Exoskeleton on Beyond Tomorrow

[braseldazzle]

its 2011, HAL 5 pwns all of these. but its expensive

[712maggot]

If a nurse come to me wearing that I will probably scream like a little girl...

[dragonamt]

If this really is only going to be 20 k that is quite affordable really.  I don't think it is enough assist though for fat Americans (both the nurses and the patients they lift) .

[Brongaar]

I have seen a 500psi hydraulic leak cut through teflon, but this is low pressure air.

18 wheeler brake systems are air because of the multiple disconnects/connects.

[xxdallyxx009]

Awesome! now try lifting something?

[masterofrockets]

ahhh im so glad i finaly woke up from the coma. :)

:0 what tht!!!!!! (air noises) Faint back into a comma

[Nicro327]

HULC Exoskeleton is way better, that thing sounds like it is taking a load when ever you move, and it looks like a computer that was strapped on to you :/

[Arxaiolog]

is someone use this and fall down to the floor who will pick him up? for example 70year old guy

[vality1]

big slow week cyborg

[DamienPictures]

dexters idea

[MultiIPwnage]

SARCOS FTW

[trakkaton]

Ridiculous.

Weak, noisy, big and sharp edges.

Check out the HAL from Cyberdyne Systems for comparison.

[Baker47416]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

[elvensbane]

LOL AIR BAGS

[CalvinoMovies]

The technology is amazing and very promising, I'm looking forward to see more applications for that

[rockerdisturbed]

Japan is designing these for old people, America is designing them for our military. terrible

[supr4]

Things made for the military always trickle down into the civilian market , and since military tends to mass produce items techniques will be done to lower the cost and maximize production output. Making it so when civilians can actually able to buy them they will be affordable.

[rockerdisturbed]

Yeah i don't see how you don't have a problem with everything new in society coming from what the military had invested in to, whom of which prime interest is to be the best killers. Like why our military are first to get vaccine shots before college students. Why can't we have the interest of benefiting everyday life and progress from there?

[supr4]

Because people don't want to pay the extra taxes for those benefits and shouldn't be forced to.

[rockerdisturbed]

while more than half of the taxes are already be given to the military in the first place.

[supr4]

Yup, money spent on the defense of the constitution can be justified. The government developing robot suits for civilian use can't.

[rockerdisturbed]

lol you mean a document written by farmers, lawyers, and highly respected citizens? I feel as if you are retarded and celebrate Columbus day too.

[supr4]

By defending the Constitstion i don't actually mean the physical document it self. I'm talking about the rules and ideas presented on it. Why would i celebrate Columbus day?

[progonate]

@supr4 you are already paying for it.. you just not first in line for it

[Blitzkid1988]

Think of how much military funding can help your project, A university will give $1 million budget while the military can give you $1 billion budget.

[JiiruKoga]

Sorry mate. I was gonna give you thumbs up but accidentally pressed down. But I agree. In this day and age I wish countries would lay down arms and focus on the quality of life on earth as a whole instead.

[Marspyramids]

This is the T-101.

[varunishere]

Kanagawa's Exoskeleton is much better than the US Berkley one

[kwasifug88]

now there is way to use a exosuit! asuit that achtually help people.

i hate the way the military intends to use these kinds of technology.

[donimano]

Hybrid Asissted Limb 3 looks a 100 times better

[microbeast29]

The problem with this, and SARCOS exoskeleton, is the uneccessary bulk

[jxhensley]

I don't know whether this is a student project or an example of Japan's technology fetish run wild, but it's really bad engineering.

You see, most engineers faced with the task of lifting someone would design some kind of LIFTING MACHINE, not a computer-controlled exoskeleton.

[ManicParroT]

Exoskeletons are about ten million times cooler than a boring old lift, so there.

Seriously, in the long run this would be way more handy, because you could do complicated manouvres. Nurses don't just lift patients - they turn them over, roll them around, wipe their butts (ugh), and so on.

[Dirtymurder]

In the words of Repley. Get away from her you bitch !.

[dragonxxjef]

they made this pointlessly big and bulky

and not to mention the possibility of the air bags popping

easier way would be to use springs that are computer released at the axis of the joint

[breadbinlal]

Ok dragonxxjef, let us know when you've built your prototype yeah?

[dragonxxjef]

ok once i get my degree in engineering then i will

[FAUSTJRSANDOVAL]

Nothing better to do but to invent things that are unnecessary.

[moretech]

you mean like how the internet used to be?

[drewisanerd]

give it a case and paint it white and it would look nice.

[Connoro69]

nice and all except hospital patients would be scared to death by it.

[usernameunevalebel]

it kaind of big to use this in a hospital alos il probably hard to decontamine this (sorry for the bad english)

[ManicParroT]

The contamination is a good point. It needs some kind of cover - like scrubs for the machine, so to speak.

[Grimblix]

Why use pneumatics or hydraulics, when they could just use bundles of Nitinol or Flexinol?

They need to hire me to help them design some real mecha. :P

[BLAZING85]

LOL, they use air? why not use hydraulics like the better faster and more efficient one made by sarcos.

[rasmasyean]

Maybe hydraulic fluids aren't approved for hospitals.

[adrastea99]

Sarcos sucks, theres better in japan

[yappertrap]

@BLAZING85 actually air is better. you can compress more pounds per square inch. thats why 18 wheelers use air brakes and not hydraulic

[Akshole]

@BLAZING85 Cost overrun.

[SailorBarsoom]

Wonderful. This is so cool. Bionic enhancement w/o a devastating injury first.