Murata harnesses robot power to steady seniors

04.10.2012

In a demonstration at Ceatec, the device was also used to navigate a slight slope.

Because the sensors can detect whether the device is moving up or down hill, the motors provide some help when walking up the slope and some resistance when going down to stop the descent getting too fast.

The device has been developed with Kowa, an Osaka-based company that claims a 50 percent share of Japan's market for electric walking assistants.

The IDG News Service