Electromechanical Medical Marvels
From: Electronic Design - 08/12/2014
By: William Wong

Advances in human augmentation are providing prosthetics for the injured as
well as tools for workers so they can handle more difficult jobs.

Recent electromechanical breakthroughs are helping the injured to walk and
eat. They also are giving workers tools that allow them to do more. The same
technology is being employed in all of these areas, although what is being
accomplished is often different.

For example, exoskeletons are helping the injured learn to walk by providing
just enough support to make movement possible. They also are helping to
strengthen muscles with enough exercise without overwhelming the patient.
Amputees are now living and working thanks to prosthetic devices and
exoskeletons. Or, patients may have limbs that aren’t capable of normal use
without augmentation. Finally, these tools can provide people with superhuman
strength, longer reach, and more durability, allowing them to complete tasks
that a person could never perform alone. 

	Augmenting the Hand
	Getting a Grip with RoboGlove
	Project Daniel
	NASA Exoskeleton

Read the entire article at:
http://electronicdesign.com/medical/electromechanical-medical-marvels

Links:
Watching Robots Giving a Hand (with video)
http://electronicdesign.com/blog/watching-robots-giving-hand

These Robots Are No Danger, Will Robinson
http://electronicdesign.com/embedded/these-robots-are-no-danger-will-robinson

Not Impossible Labs Inspires Intel ISEF Students
http://electronicdesign.com/blog/not-impossible-labs-inspires-intel-isef-students

NASA-IHMC X1 Mina Exoskeleton
http://robots.ihmc.us/x1-mina-exoskeleton/

Attack of the Humanoid Robots
http://electronicdesign.com/android/attack-humanoid-robots