Search Results For: exoskeletons
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Tim Sweezy - Mon, May 09, 2022
Researchers are looking to target haptics for AR/VR at the second most sensitive and dense of mechanoreceptors, the mouth. So, if you have ever felt your VR/AR experience has been lacking a bit of taste, this will give you something to...
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Shane McGlaun - Tue, Aug 07, 2018
For people who work jobs that have them performing the same exact movements for hours a day each day, on-the-job repetitive stress injuries are a big concern. Ford wants to help its employees be safer and have fewer injuries, which in turn...
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Rob Williams - Tue, Aug 25, 2015
There's no doubt that 3D printing is one of the coolest technologies released over the past decade, and given all we've seen from it up to this point, there's also no doubt that it's going to be a big part of our future. While today's 3D...
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Rob Williams - Sun, Jul 05, 2015
Building exoskeletons to aid persons or animals is nothing new, and in recent years, we've seen numerous examples of them being built with the use of 3D printing. For those who need them, they can reintroduce some lost capability...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, May 07, 2014
It's hard not to get excited about Activision's upcoming Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare title after watching the recently released trailer showing game footage from Microsoft's Xbox One console. The storyline, while not completely new, is...
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Seth Colaner - Tue, Feb 18, 2014
3D Systems announced that it has collaborated with EksoBionics to build a 3D-printed hybrid exoskeleton robotic suit that ostensibly will allow users with paralysis of the lower extremities to walk upright. A woman named Amanda Boxel was...
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Michael Santo - Sat, Oct 09, 2010
Exoskeletons definitely have military uses, but what about something for regular folks? You might think none of them would need an exoskeleton, but there's an obvious use case: paraplegics. On Thursday, Berkeley Bionics, an San Francisco Bay Area company founded in 2005, unveiled what...
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Sarah Miller - Sat, Nov 29, 2008
How would you feel about a robot asking, Would you like fries with that? when you ordered a Big Mac? Well, if the National Intelligence Councils recent Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World is correct, we could be experiencing just that by 2025. Granted, its a few years down the road, but the idea that robots could be so capable to replace...
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HH Staff - Mon, May 19, 2008
The fashionable soldier of tomorrow will rip off the flak jacket and store the camo for a trip to the mall. If the military magnates at Raytheon have their way, soldiers will be donning futuristic exoskeletons before heading into combat. Sweet! Described as a "wearable robot" on the Raytheon site, the exoskeleton looks extremely clunky...yet...
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