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Do You Even Lift, Bro? Hardiman Was GE's Muscular Take On The Human-Machine Interface

August 25, 2016
Decades before driverless car researchers struggled to create an effective human-machine interface, GE was wrestling with its own, lower-tech version of how to meld steel and flesh. It was called the Hardiman.
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Robotics

Forget Iron Man: Skintight Suits Are The Future Of Robotic Exoskeletons

Steve Davis University Of Salford
July 13, 2016

Exoskeletons don't have to be the bulky armor-like suits imagined in science fiction. Researchers are developing soft, wearable robots that mimic muscle movements. These  "second skins" could potentially have uses in everything from physiotherapy to the military.

 
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3D-Printed Exoskeleton Giving People with Disabilities Another Chance

July 31, 2014
When Amanda Boxtel, executive director of the Bridging Bionics Foundation, crushed her vertebrae in a skiing accident 22 years ago, she had to get used to life permanently confined in a wheelchair.
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