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ReWalk Robotic Exoskeletons Let Paraplegics Walk Again

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Being confined to a wheelchair due to some sort spinal cord injury can severely limit the ability for people to get around and do things on their own. A company called Argo Medical Technologies creates robotic exoskeletons called ReWalk that paraplegics can wear to allow them to walk at virtually…

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May 3rd, 2012 by: Shane McGlaun

Japanese HAL Robo-Suit Exoskeleton to Carry Disabled Man Up Mountain

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This robotic exoskeleton, like most exoskeletons, can give anyone who wears it a lot of extra strength. Enough strength to carry a paralyzed man up a mountain. At least that’s what’s going to happen with this particular suit.…

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July 5th, 2011 by: Range

Exoskeleton Allows Paralyzed Berkeley Grad to Walk Across Stage

There is lots of research and money being poured into looking for a way to get people that are paralyzed out of a wheelchair and walking again. One of the places that is making some of the coolest tech breakthroughs is Berkeley where they have developed a cool exoskeleton that…

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May 17th, 2011 by: Shane McGlaun

Unpowered Exoskeleton: James Cameron, Eat Your Alien Heart out

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I’ve always wanted to see in real life the exoskeleton that Ripley used in Aliens…. It looks like it almost has arrived. Skeletonics [JP] appears to be a college-level engineering project, but it does look pretty impressive. This is what they call a “passive” exoskeleton because it doesn’t have

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March 22nd, 2011 by: Range

x-Ar Exoskeleton Arm Gives Arms Super Strength

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Ever since I saw an exoskeleton in Aliens…, I wondered why there weren’t any real ones around. Over the last decade, actual working exoskeletons have started to appear, albeit in a smaller fashion. This one is only for your arm to help you lift very heavy things.

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March 11th, 2011 by: Range

Berkeley Bionics’ Elegs Medical Exoskeleton: Letting Paralyzed People Walk Again

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I have to say that this is an amazing piece of technology. It’s called a medical exoskeleton and promises to make physically-challenged people walk again.

eLEGS is going to be an exoskeleton made for the general public, and is designed to help people who are in wheelchairs walk again. This…

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October 7th, 2010 by: Range

Iron Baby: Kid’S Walker Exoskeleton

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Want your child to have the best costume come Halloween? Ask Japanese company Sakakibara Kikai to sell you their miniature exoskeleton, which is meant to be driven by kids. It’s not as high-tech as Raytheon’s XOS 2, but it works and it is so damn cute.

The controls seem simple…

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October 3rd, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

Move Over Sci-Fi, Robot Exoskeletons Are Coming Thanks to Raytheon

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Ah Raytheon, just the name scares some guys silly. Raytheon is a defense contractor and they’ve released some new information and videos of their new exoskeleton called the XOS 2. And no, this isn’t science-fiction.

This is the closest that anyone has come to a fully functioning military exoskeleton. The…

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September 29th, 2010 by: Range

Robotic LEGO Hand Controller Mimics Wearer’S Moves Remotely

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David Hyman created this strange robotic hand that can be controlled via a wrist-mounted exoskeleton system. Because they’re as versatile as hot glue and duct tape, the whole thing is made out of LEGO parts..

The controller duplicates David’s exact moves on a remote robotic hand. The wrist-mounted exoskeleton packs…

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June 15th, 2010 by: Range

Power Loader Exoskeleton: Alien Crusher Coming in 2015

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Okay so Activelink‘s Power Loader is not really a weapon, it’s a tool for heavy lifting. But so was the loader in the Aliens… movie from which the exoskeleton takes its name. That didn’t stop Ripley from pwning the alien queen with it.

The Power Loader is made of 500

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October 2nd, 2009 by: Lambert Varias

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