Welcome and on this video we are doing a product review for the Ekso Bionic Exoskeleton Suit.
Philip English: philipenglish.com
Sponsor: Robot Center: www.robotcenter.co.uk
So if you want to see how the Ekso is getting people up from paralyzed to walk again, then stay tuned.
Ekso is a wearable exoskeleton that can augment a person’s physical capabilities.
The company Ekso Bionics, originally Berkeley Bionics, was founded in Berkeley in California in 2005.
It’s robots are for medical rehabilitation. For people who are paralyzed or weakness in standing up or walking.
The company have two offices. One in California, serving america and one in London for the european branch.
The Ekso suit is now used in 14 rehabilitation centers around the world and has helped people take over 1 million steps.
The Ekso GT robotic exoskeleton represents a fundamentally new paradigm in gait training and neurorehabilitation by augmenting not only the individual’s strength, but the therapist’s ability to with their patients.
Walking is achieved by the user’s weight shifts to activate sensors in the device which initiate the steps. Battery-powered motors drive the legs, replacing deficient neuromuscular functions. It has been designed for the needs of busy therapists treating a wide range of patients in a single day. The suit is strapped over the users´ clothing with easy adjustments to transition between patients in as little as five minutes.
To go through the specs,
The height of the Ekso is 167 centimeters, maximum heigh. With a minimum heig of 145.
The length of it is 35.6 centimeters and the width is 54.6 centimeters.
The weight of the Ekso is 22.7 kilos. It’s got a top speed of 1 mile per hour.
And it has more than 30 sensors to measure the position, force and other variables.
It’s got electro-mechanical actuator located at the knees and hips.
A swappable lithium-polymer battery. It’s got an on-board computer system DSP. And it is custom C coded.
The ekso has 6 degrees of freedom with 4 actuators and 2 passive. The material is an advanced aluminum and composite structure.
The status of the Ekso is it is ongoing development. Ongoing improvement. And the cost is 130,000 dollars including Ekso plus support and training program.
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27 ноя 2014
