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New Atlas - 22-Nov-2024WalkON device promises to improve walking efficiency by 18%, especially for older adults
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Lessons learnt in powered joints and stability will feed into robotics and vice versa, creating a cross-over technology between humans controlling robots and robot-wearing humans. The choice will likely be function specific balancing the flexibility of human presence with risks, for example the military removing the human from danger entirely, whereas disaster response organisations may keep the human onsite but with a greatly enhanced ability to rescue and rebuild.
WalkON device promises to improve walking efficiency by 18%, especially for older adults
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Technology also raises concerns about job displacement in other fields
This approval brings new hope and opens doors for better rehab
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Innovative medical device and robotics company developing exoskeleton for users with mobility impairments