Exmovere Chariot Makes You Half Human, Half Cyborg, Half Segway
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Friday, 10 of April , 2009 at 6:20 am
Exmovere Holding company’s Chariot system is a sort of wrap-around Segway that turns your lower half into a robot on wheels. You control it intuitively by moving your torso around inside the machine; this lets you keep your hands free and concentrate on other things. Although you can simply step into the Chariot and go, it was specifically designed to help members of the US army, to “offer dignity, strength and increased mobility to those who were wounded serving our country.” That sounds great, except I’m not entirely sure about the dignity part at this point. Ever seen someone tooling around on a Segway? Not especially dignified.
The top speed of the current version is about 12 mph, but Exmovere is working on a “performance-oriented Chariot” that will either be faster or incorporate machine guns or something like that. No word as of yet on price or availability, but we’ll keep you updated.
Oh, and we should probably mention that while what you see in the above video is almost certainly fake, the design itself seems to be legit. Engadget did some digging and found that the thing in the video is the bottom have of a Showbots robot suit. Go figure.
[ Exmovere Press Release ] VIA [ Daily Mail ]
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Comment by Farle
Made Friday, 10 of April , 2009 at 8:34 am
Its funny, but it might actually be useful to people who have lost their legs if you combine it with that technology that allows people to move robotic arms with the nerve pulses from their stumps.
Its not particularly dignified, but if you go from legless wheel chair to almost back to normal in terms of shaking hands and getting around, it ain’t that bad.