Comments on: Amazing Mobility Robots for the Disabled http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/09/amazing-mobility-robots-for-the-disabled/ The Neat Side of the Web Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:12:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: D-san http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/09/amazing-mobility-robots-for-the-disabled/#comment-1077827 D-san Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:09:17 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=19420#comment-1077827 I don’t get the walking bots. wouldn’t it be easier and quicker to have a bot on wheels? can’t move very quickly with a trotting bot chair thingy. And why don’t they use actual disabled people for the demos? I don’t get the walking bots. wouldn’t it be easier and quicker to have a bot on wheels? can’t move very quickly with a trotting bot chair thingy. And why don’t they use actual disabled people for the demos?

]]> By: Pol x http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/09/amazing-mobility-robots-for-the-disabled/#comment-1077653 Pol x Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:58:27 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=19420#comment-1077653 Dunno if they are really robots though. They are great wee things and no doubt bloody god sends to the users but don't seem to be robots. The ibot is in service to day and a real boon to the wheel chair bound. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1RhmvxcpfI&feature=related sorry to post the advert but it is the clearest viseo on YT I couyld find. Dunno if they are really robots though.

They are great wee things and no doubt bloody god sends to the users but don’t seem to be robots.

The ibot is in service to day and a real boon to the wheel chair bound.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1RhmvxcpfI&feature=related

sorry to post the advert but it is the clearest viseo on YT I couyld find.

]]> By: Skipweasel http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/09/amazing-mobility-robots-for-the-disabled/#comment-1077638 Skipweasel Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:44:38 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=19420#comment-1077638 The Hubo chair and for that matter Asimo tend to look like they've got diarrhoea 'cos of their bent-kneed stance. I'd be tempted if only for cosmetic reasons to fiddle with the casings to make them /look/ as if they're standing upright. The Hubo chair and for that matter Asimo tend to look like they’ve got diarrhoea ‘cos of their bent-kneed stance. I’d be tempted if only for cosmetic reasons to fiddle with the casings to make them /look/ as if they’re standing upright.

]]> By: Tracy http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/09/amazing-mobility-robots-for-the-disabled/#comment-1077627 Tracy Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:31:39 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=19420#comment-1077627 I love this idea! I think it's wonderful they are coming up with new ways to empower the handicapped. The disabled would be kicking butt left and right in this bad boy! I love this idea! I think it’s wonderful they are coming up with new ways to empower the handicapped. The disabled would be kicking butt left and right in this bad boy!

]]> By: reznicek111 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/09/amazing-mobility-robots-for-the-disabled/#comment-1077619 reznicek111 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:14:46 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=19420#comment-1077619 Wow. Shades of "Rouijin-Z," an early 90's anime from Katsuhiro Ototmo - a device like this goes amok! Wow. Shades of “Rouijin-Z,” an early 90’s anime from Katsuhiro Ototmo - a device like this goes amok!

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