ROBOT: Nomura Creates a Robotic Walking Assistant

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Sunday, November 26, 2006

Nomura Creates a Robotic Walking Assistant

Nomura Creates a Robotic Walking Assistant




This is for all of you out there that read the ballroom dancer-bot story and decided you needed to master walking before dancing. Nomura UnisonCo. along with Tohoku Universities' Kazuhiro Kosuge and Yasuhisa Hiratahave created a robotic walking assistantthat not only senses its user's behavior, but also detects obstacles inits way and the slope of the floor. The robot is unmotorized but isable to apply the brakes in order to help its user maintain theirbalance. They plan on marketing the robot for rehabilitation,the elderly and physically disabled. The unit should be available foraround $4,000 USD.

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