Honda’s Asimo Does It’s Part to Assimilate The Elderly
Writing by Conner Flynn on Wednesday, 17 of October , 2007 at 2:41 am
Don’t be fooled by the picture, Ninjas will not be wearing these devices. But in the future anyone with leg injuries, or even the elderly may be sporting something like this on their hip. Honda is applying some of the things they learned from designing Asimo, their robot mascot, to the area of rehab. When we last saw Asimo, he was chatting it up with humans and showing off his running skills. Now it seems that some of the engineering that went into making him is beginning to surface in other areas.
Aside from making you look like a robot cowboy with a mean holster, this strange apparatus is capable of learning how you walk and by doing so, will assist your stride with its motors. There isn’t very much info other then that at the moment, but it’s safe to say that Honda sees opportunity in the elderly/rehabilitation sector.
There seems to be a growing fascination with assimilating our elderly into cyborgs. I always thought the young would be the first to fall prey to our metal overlords. The other week I reported on a robot suit that could give the elderly super strength. It will be interesting to see where all of this leads.
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Comment by Marcelo
Made Wednesday, 17 of October , 2007 at 7:17 pm
haha I can’t even imagine a ninja wearing this!
