‘HAL’ a company in Japan has developed wearable robot for autonomous motion assistance which is controlled by the person’s brain wearing the suit.
When a person moves its body, the brain sends various signals to muscles via nerves. At that time, the signals leak out on the skin surface as BES. HAL for Living Support – Lower Limb Type Model reads a wearer’s BES and reinforce the lower limb’s muscle power accordingly. Consequently Robot Suit assists the wearer to walk, stand up and sit down by himself or herself.
HAL for Living Support – Lower Limb model is equipped with simple interfaces, an operator can easily carry out simple motion operations of start/stop, movement… by training the suit to individual need.
It has adjustable elements to wearers’ various constitutions so that Robot Suit can fit to their leg lengths, hip widths, foot sizes, etc. in wide ranges for right. It also has a management control panel for person to view and manage individual settings, start/stop of assistance, and confirmation of its machine body’s motion statuses with its installed custom application software. Not only the operator but also the wearer can intuitively understand the training status with information indicated on the monitor display.
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