Space Age Robotic Suits Helping Cerebral Palsy Kids walk

In the ever changing world of technology meets the drugs are cerebral palsy , two very interesting shops about young people who are learning to walk with the aid of devices that look more like they belong in a sci occurs fiction.

The first story comes from WCBS in New York and has 13 years old, MacKenzie Maher , unable to walk since birth due to cerebral palsy . A breakthrough in his quest to walk came thanks to a high-tech machine called the Lokomat . MacKenzie participated in a 6-week clinical trial in the Shriner 's Hospital in Chicago. The Lokomat is a robotic device that "walks" your body with all the right moves for several hours a day . The patient is attached to harnesses and leg straps before a computer which controls the movement of your legs on a treadmill. The computer controls the speed and strength harness their legs to mimic the natural movement . The repetitive motion retrains the muscles for proper movement and strength without communication problems that usually occur when the brain tries to tell MacKenzie legs what he wants to do. After a while , the therapy retrains the nervous system to avoid damaged areas and restore healthy neuromuscular system function .Read More

Robotic Ship Hull Inspections..

There is a movement to replace human divers used for inspection , damage assessment , protection, terrorist surveillance , oceanography , underwater geology, sunken treasure ships , installing energy infrastructure , and military needs. The robotic age is here and has been found to be often much cheaper to send in robotics, not to mention safer. Things like underwater welding in the past have been considered the most dangerous jobs in the world , but what about the inspection work easier hull boats ?

If underwater robots accomplish those tasks too? Let's talk . See as a pilot, I realize how important it is to make a pre-flight inspection , and that once in the air , you can not simply pull over when something goes wrong - same reality at sea in the middle of an ocean on a ship right ?

Divers and hoof pilots are very experienced and know what to look for when inspecting expensive equipment which must function properly. Failure is often " is not an option ," and so , how can we trust such legitimately pre- flight inspections and inspections of ship hulls for robotic hardware that just does not, so far, have the same skills ? Ah , so now I've piqued your curiosity, let's continue .Read More

Auto Mechanics in the Robotic System

There has been much publicity in recent years about the advances in automotive technology ushering in the self-driving car . Robotics have been increasing steadily in cars decades ago, and automatic transmissions were introduced in the 1930s , some have predicted the self-driving car a mere possibility . Now that driverless cars are legally allowed in California and Nevada roads, the actual ramifications of this technology and what it can mean for society are seriously considering.

Computers and Cars

A browse through the archives of Popular Science reveals that the twentieth century was full of "automatic" innovations, including a 1958 story about a car with “electronic brains " using sound beams and gyroscopes to drive, steer and brake itself . The inventor reportedly living in the back seat listening to records when he took it off the road. We had automatic braking systems driven sensor decades and there are cars that can park themselves. Tires will soon be able to inflate. Read More