Exciting Robotic Technology

CHAN:
For paralyzed people not being able to move around on their own is a difficult fact of life. But now one Israeli scientist is helping to change that with a new and exciting piece of robotic technology. Here's a closer look.

STORY:
Paralyzed for the past twenty years ex-paratrooper Radi Kaiof enjoys a new sensation - walking.

[Radi Kaiof, Former Paratrooper]:
"For me standing up and walking - I never even dreamt about it. I've been wounded for 20 years and I never dreamed I'd be able to walk."

Radi's dream has become a reality thanks to ReWalk, a remote-controlled suit developed by Argo Medical Technologies. Working somewhat like the exoskeleton of a crustacean, the system consists
of motorized leg supports and body sensors. A computerized control box is carried in a backpack while crutches help with balance.

But for Dr. Amit Goffer who invented the device, the greatest benefit to the user is the psychological impact.

[Dr. Amit Goffer, 'ReWalk' Inventor]:
"We shift the person, the moment the person is being shifted from a wheel chair user status to crutch user status it's.. it's a whole world, it's a real revolution actually."

But joining the revolution isn't cheap. It's estimated the product will sell for around 20,000 U.S. dollars.
While expensive, it's a life-changing aid, allowing those who would otherwise be confined to wheelchairs a freedom to movement similar to able bodied people.

ReWalk is now in clinical trials and slated for commercial release in 2010.

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[isokessu]

actually all those things are originally invented by japanese

[ghostaliaz]

I think this is so cool because it gives a chance to people that could not walk before a chance to walk now & I would love to be there to see there faces the first time they walk. That must feel good for the doctor that helps them, because I know it would be such a rewarding feeling to help someone paralyzed walk. Wow what a feeling it must be!

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[pHappyfeet]

@isokessu No, they were built in japan, big difference.

[nazaxprime]

I hope something like this can keep me rehab my back... 20 k? That is less than 10 months pay if rated for 100% disability... and If I keep getting worse, I will have that forever... HMM

[Jianju69]

@isokessu Actually, these devices have been in development in Berkeley, California for over twenty years, long before the Japanese HAL device.

[MrNjunja]

Great work.

21st century robotics has reached a level where it MUST give more solutions for paralized people and give them a chance for being able to walk on their own.

Wake up society, start spending money on the right causes!

[MrDoom158]

Robot attack :-D