AIPatHome.com and the Midwest Independent Living Consultants are working together to produce an online tour of the Chairs and Cares Model Accessible Home to show people (nationally and internationally) how to live independently and age in place. The home is owned by the North Central Technical College and located on their campus in Wausau, Wisconsin….
As most of our readers know AIPatHome is fascinated with the development of robots that could one day help people age in place. This one is fun and has potential! U.C. Berkeley researchers programmed a PR2, an advanced robot developed by Willow Garage, to fold towels.
Video: First Person in US to try the HAL Suit (see below) More feedback back on The Community is Walkable, Are You? prompted this look at Exoskeletons in general and the ‘HAL Robot Suit’ specifically. HAL is the “Hybrid Assistive Limb” and, what makes HAL special is that is a “voluntary control system” as well…
AIPatHome.com is always on the lookout for breakthrough assistive technologies. The Kompai Robot is new and has a decidedly French twist because it was designed by Robosoft one of Europe’s largest service robotics company. Kompai can talk, be talked to (it understands!), move on its own and can function as a videoconference system. This is…
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