DLR-Biped Schematics
DLR‘s Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics unveiled the DLR-Biped a walking biped platform that could very well become Justin’s legs (given they can support its weight).
This outstanding platform was developed in a mere 10 months and uses technology borrower from previous DLR projects, such as Justin‘s arms. As shown in the video below the robot can walk autonomously wile dynamically keeping its balance even when pushed.
Via Plastic Pals (via DLR).
Rex Robotic Exoskeleton
Rex Bionics, a New Zealand company has developed a set of robotic legs that enables paraplegics to walk again. With the Rex robotic exoskeleton paraplegic can walk on hard surfaces, turn, go up the starts and more…for a 150 000 $ price-tag.
Although the concept is interesting, the kiwis will need to drop the price a little (or preferably a lot) and improve the motion speed which is rather slow at the moment. Regardless, we are not in a position to judge how much walking would cost for a disabled person (even at low speeds).
The video below illustrates Rex capabilities:
Via Singularity Hub.
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