{"id":25541,"date":"2024-12-24T01:11:06","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T17:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/?p=25541"},"modified":"2024-12-23T20:12:52","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T12:12:52","slug":"%e9%9f%a9%e5%9b%bd%e7%a7%91%e7%a0%94%e4%ba%ba%e5%91%98%e5%bc%80%e5%8f%91%e5%87%ba%e5%8f%af%e7%a9%bf%e6%88%b4%e6%9c%ba%e5%99%a8%e4%ba%ba%ef%bc%9a%e5%b8%ae%e5%8a%a9%e6%88%aa%e7%98%ab%e7%94%a8%e6%88%b7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/25541.html","title":{"rendered":"South Korean researchers develop wearable robot: helps paraplegic users walk, cross obstacles, climb stairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to a Dec. 23 Reuters report.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/tag\/%e9%9f%a9%e5%9b%bd\" title=\"_Other Organiser\" target=\"_blank\" >South Korea<\/a>Researchers have developed a lightweight wearable<a href=\"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/tag\/%e6%9c%ba%e5%99%a8%e4%ba%ba\" title=\"[Sees articles with [robots] labels]\" target=\"_blank\" >robot<\/a>It can actively \"walk\" towards paraplegic users and lock itself onto them to help them.<strong>Walking, crossing obstacles and even climbing stairs<\/strong>. The exoskeleton lab team at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) said their goal is to make this robot comfortable to integrate into the daily lives of people with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25542\" title=\"8157b054j00soy4ki0043d000ms011np\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/8157b054j00soy4ki0043d000ms011np.jpg\" alt=\"8157b054j00soy4ki0043d000ms011np\" width=\"820\" height=\"1355\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kim Seung-hwan, one of the KAIST team members and a paraplegic himself, demonstrated the prototype himself, showing how it can help him to<strong>Walking at 3.2 kilometers per hour, climbing stairs and sitting sideways on benches<\/strong>. He stated, \"Wherever I am, even in a wheelchair, it automatically walks to me and assists me in getting up, which is one of its biggest draws.\"<\/p>\n<p>The powered exoskeleton, called the WalkON Suit F1, is powered by the<strong>Made of aluminum and titanium alloys<\/strong>It weighs up to 50 kilograms and is driven by 12 motors that can<strong>Simulates human joint movements<\/strong>to achieve walking.<\/p>\n<p>Park Jung-soo, another member of the KAIST team, revealed that he was inspired by the movie Iron Man: \"After watching Iron Man, I thought it would be great if I could use robots to help people in real life.\"<\/p>\n<p>According to IT Home, the robot is equipped with sophisticated sensors in order to maintain the user's balance while walking.<strong>Capable of monitoring 1000 signals per second and predicting user actions in real time<\/strong>The robot's front lens acts as an \"eye\" to analyze its surroundings, measuring the height of stairs and identifying obstacles. The lens on the front of the robot acts as an \"eye\" to analyze its surroundings, measure the height of stairs, and identify obstacles to help users who have lost all feeling to overcome these challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Seung-Hwan Kim won the gold medal in the exoskeleton category wearing the WalkON Suit F1 at the 2024 Cybathlon, an event that brings together developers from around the world to showcase assistive robots that adapt to a variety of physical obstacles. The event brings together developers from around the world to showcase assistive robots that adapt to a variety of physical obstacles. Kim Seung Hwan said, \"I want to tell my son ...... that I used to be able to walk. I hope to share more different experiences with him.\"<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACCORDING TO REUTERS ON DECEMBER 23, KOREAN RESEARCHERS HAVE DEVELOPED A LIGHTWEIGHT WEARABLE ROBOT THAT CAN \u201cGO\u201d AND LOCK ITSELF ON USERS, HELPING THEM WALK, CROSS BARRIERS AND EVEN CLIMB STAIRS. KAIST'S TEAM OF EXOSKELETAL LABORATORIES STATED THAT THEIR GOAL WAS TO INTEGRATE THE ROBOT INTO THE DAILY LIVES OF THE DISABLED. ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE KAIST TEAM, KIM SEUNG-HWAN, WHO HIMSELF WAS A PARAPLEGIC PATIENT, PERSONALLY DEMONSTRATED THE PROTOTYPE MACHINE, WHICH HELPED HIM WALK AT 3.2 KILOMETRES AN HOUR, CLIMB THE STAIRS AND SIT SIDE BY SIDE ON THE BENCH. HE SAID, \"WHEREEVER I AM, EVEN ON A WHEELCHAIR, IT AUTOMATICALLY COMES TO ME AND HELPS ME<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[146],"tags":[909,1731],"collection":[],"class_list":["post-25541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-909","tag-1731"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25541\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25541"},{"taxonomy":"collection","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1ai.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/collection?post=25541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}