ROBO SKELETON: Sci-fi? Now it

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ROBO SKELETONSci-fi? Now its Reality.

• Group 8
• Tiffany Duhamel
• Elizabeth Sewell
• Katherine Watson

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New Discovery made in Medical Technology

• It is now possible for the physically paralyzed
  to walk!

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Robo Skeleton

• A hardware device referred to as the Robo
  Skeleton Device, was created for those paralyzed
  from the waist down.
• It is giving paraplegics a chance at performing
  basic functions such as
• standing
• walking
• climbing

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• Argo Medical Technologies
• November 2007, announced the launch of ReWalk
  Product
• Based out of Haifa, Israel
• Leading creator of walking devices for
  paraplegics
• Amit Goffer- Founder, inspired by own paralysis
  to create alternative to wheelchair

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ReWalk

• Relieves several health related problems that
  come with the long term use of wheelchairs
• Atrophy
• Pressure sores
• quasi-robotic ambulation
• WORKS WITH THE DISABLED PERSON, NOT FOR THEM!
• Functions by mimicking the exoskeleton of a crap
• Uses advanced motion sensing technology

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Using the ReWalk Device

• Certain movements, such as leaning forward,
  trigger the body sensors to put the legs in
  motion.
• Users walk with crutches, controlling movements
  by transferring weight.
• Components to wear
• braces on legs
• ReWalk Hardware device as backpack
• remote control on wrist (to choose activity)

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Advantages of ReWalk

• Physically- beneficial to body by functioning
  upright, lungs are able to fully expand,
  different muscles are being used
• Psychologically- at eye level with others, no
  longer having to look up at people and reach for
  basic items.

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True Life Im a paraplegic

• Radi Kaiof, an ex-Israeli paratrooper, was
  paralyzed for 20 years before he was introduced
  to ReWalk. ReWalk changed Radis life for good,
  I never dreamed I would walk again. After I was
  wounded, I forgot what it was like to walk. Only
  when standing up can I feel how tall I really am
  and speak to people eye to eye, not from below.
  This device changed my life.

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• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vV9Bku_YZu3A

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BLEEK Berkeley Lower Extremity Exoskeleton

• A self-powered exoskeleton that frames the
  human body and takes weight burdens off users.
• Computer controls frame to move in sync with
  user.
• Designed for users to carry heavy loads over long
  distances.

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BLEEK

• This Device could be very beneficial to the
  medical and military fields
• Carrying a soldier off the battlefield could be
  an easy, one-man job.
• Rescue workers will now be able to deliver
  medical supplies and food to people who are
  inaccessible by vehicle.

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• The inventions of the ReWalk and BLEEK are
  revolutionary for mankind.
• They will improve the quality of life for the
  disabled and impact the speed of work done by
  rescue workers and the military.

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REFERENCES

• Hillman, J. (2008) Robo-skeleton lets paralysed
  walk. Retrieved August 26, 2008, from BBC NEWS
  Health. Website http//news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/healt
  h/7582240.st mtop
• Goffer. A. (2007, November 1). ReWalk Press
  Release, Press Release. Argo Medical
  Technologies Ltd. Website http//www.argomedtec
  .com/pdfs/Argo20 Medical20Technologies20Ltd20-
  20Press20Release.pdf