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This is actually really cool. A device that will help take strain off people's legs while recovering from an injury, or let people stay active longer in life or
by 0xcafefood 2y ago
This is actually really cool. A device that will help take strain off people's legs while recovering from an injury, or let people stay active longer in life or longer throughout the day could have a huge impact on society, if they can bring it to market at a price affordable enough for many people to have one.
- jeltz 2y agoBoth for good and bad. For a leg to heal properly you need to put the right amount of strain on it. Not too little and not too much.
- datameta 2y agoLikewise joints that are repairing need to be utilized just enough so that blood and lymph circulation can bring nutrients and repair materials while carrying away by-products of repair thereby not letting it concentrate through sedentariness.
- ghostpepper 2y agoMaybe the robot-joint could be used as rehab to automatically put progressively more weight on the leg as it heals
- orbital-decay 2y agoThis makes me think about a e-bike with a control system/transmission that helps you maintain constant output power for a workout, applying resistance or assistance as needed.