Hyundai Demos Robotic Exoskeleton
From: Design News - 08/18/2015

In one of the latest examples of mechatronics implementation into medtech,
research engineers from Hyundai Motor Group's Central Advanced Research and
Engineering Institute in South Korea presented a robotic exoskeleton
assistive device.

The Life-Caring Exoskeleton was built to provide walking assistance for the
disabled or elderly and is powered by a lithium-ion battery housed in a
compact backpack.

This is a modular robot that combines the hip and knee parts to provide
walking assistance to the elderly or people with difficulties moving the
lower half of their bodies.

When someone wears this robot, it is possible to identify intention and
walking status by collecting data from an area between the ground and the
sole of the foot. Technology that transmits this data through wireless ZigBee
communication is already in place. This technology can be further expanded
now using Internet of Things (IoT) technology. In other words, you can send
information acquired wirelessly to a robot to make it as with the walker’s
movements. In addition, gathering relevantdata can help users identify a
personal range of activities and conditions based on location, and that
information can be integrated into the robot and lead to more comprehensive
service. If a patient wears this robot for rehabilitation purposes, doctors
can monitor patient and robot conditions during rehabilitation and deliver
real-time training or adjustments to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of
treatment, a good example of implementing data information-based technology.

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http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1386&doc_id=278446

Link:
Hyundai Wearable Robotics for Walking Assistance Offer a Full Spectrum of
  Mobility
http://sine.ni.com/cs/app/doc/p/id/cs-16749

Hyundai Motors' DongJin Hyun Exoskeleton Demo (video 0:21)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiNgJddk4uU