Iranian Scientists Build Exoskeleton Robot
“At present, the sixth version of the exoskeleton robot has been made and is available to the disabled people,” said Zahra Ramezani, a biomechanics expert at the knowledge-based company stationed at the Science and Technology Park of Tarbiat Modarres University.
“The robot has been designed for people with spinal cord injury or spinal cord amputation, people with MS, CP and in general disabled people who are unable to move,” she added.
“A remote control device has been mounted on the robot and the walking parameters can be controlled by the disabled person,” Ramezani said.
She said that people who suffer from inactivity face problems like bedsores, muscle blood circulation problems, workplace infections, and bone loss, noting that the robot physically helps to make these people less prone to the secondary consequences of not moving.
The exoskeleton is an external skeleton that supports and protects an animal's body, in contrast to an internal skeleton (endoskeleton) in for example, a human. In usage, some of the larger kinds of exoskeletons are known as ‘shells’.
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