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Robotic suit gives a leg up to people with limited mobility
HAL, a robotic suit developed by Japanese company Cyberdyne, is designed to assist people with partial paralysis, the elderly, or anyone else with mobility problems. The suit captures brain signals with a sensor at the waist and uses leg braces to help the user move around. The company is making it available for rent in Japan.
A robotic suit that reads brain signals and helps people with mobility problems will be available to rent in Japan for US$2,200 a month starting Friday - an invention that may have far-reaching benefits for the disabled and elderly.
HAL - short for "hybrid assistive limb" - is a computerized suit with sensors that read brain signals directing limb movement through the skin.
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