Im also a wheelchair user,this will be a huge step forward.You have to understand that it's in the very early stages it will eventually become alot lighter and alot less bulky.As it is now long term wheelchair users to bo able to get up and walk around will greatly reduce spasims,back pain from prolong periods of standing in some casses where the spinal cord is total severed regular use of this will restore some use of the legs where the patient is able to do away with the chair and use a stick.
I grew up watching my oldest sister constantly battle with the idea that she'd never be able to walk. Seeing that woman stand up and walk across the stage brought tears to my eyes. I have so, so much hope for technologies like this in the future!
logic ..its gonna be used in the millitary ..so not for consumers ..so secret....kinda ....allso look robo dog..!!! that one is super and little scary ..
@EPW389 Right. Because the woman is obviously a soldier... Their technology has multiple uses. Military use is one of them. A lot of items we use every day were created by/for the military forces anyway. For instance, the GPS system was created by the military and released to civilians by President Reagan. So even if this was an ad (which it is not) for military equipment, i feel like it has its place on TED considering the kind of life-changing invention it is.
@pinochska that was a full robot. its much harder when u hav 2 streamline the movement to joints that extend sideways instead of bein reinforced from within
There is already a robotic exoskeleton that is hands free, and works for wheelchair users. It's called the REX, and is made in New Zealand. You can sit at a table. As long as you can self-transfer from the wheelchair, you can use the Rex.
People seem to forget that this is a very new field in science. We are only just getting into it and the first 100 things of it is gonna be clumsy and maybe not fully needed, but thats how things start. For example computers. They were giant rocks at first, and now we have tiny computers that can do more than 1000 times since then. Just wait 8 years or something. If the reserch is continued, it will give results.
I was watching a documentary recently about the challenges of a Mars mission, with one of them being the lack of a spacesuit design which could offer a full range of mobility without the "EVA Shortening" energy expenditure resulting from trying to move in a pressurized suit/pressure wrapping. I wonder if there are any prototypes which implement exoskeleton technology to compensate for that at the joints, so as to provide full mobility and fine control with no more exertion than normal activity?
@Sezlar Pretty much most of the major technological breakthroughs in the last century began as military projects, even the internet began as a DARPA project.
@GeistIV - Yeah. I remember the 1st cell phone my father had, it was in a bag & could only make calls, no texting or web - browsing. Anyway, here's hoping this exo - skeleton can be slimmed down into something more practical for everyday use. Hell, prosthetics were once rather large & bulky, too, now they have some electromechanical ones that are hard to distinguish from human limbs, at least at a distance.
I cant wait to see a full body super suit with abilities beyond our imagining, but im positive the first prototype will be military. Since they seem to have unlimited funds, to bad to, the scientific and exploratory possibilities are amazing. I wonder if they will use any of this technology in future space suits?
@bananerosabroso I should have spoken clearer. She didn't just rehearsed, she memorized her experience as if it were scripted. This, to me, means that it's not completely genuine. Public speaking is a challenging art that not everyone knows, which makes it seem extremely implausible that a random lady who can't walk is a perfect orator. This whole thing reads like an infomercial.
I love how the audience is dead silent when the military guy comes out showcasing what could be amazingly useful technology for those who preserve the way of life that *allows* TED talks to exist. Sometimes this crowd is amazingly self parodying. Nice tech.
@jorenvonk That would entirely depend on what you consider great inventions. Also, you are putting the cart before the horse. It isn't that the military invented everything but that they jumped on inovations swiftly and funded weaponised research programmes to utilise them.
@holyscythe I agree, but I think there is something inherently meaningful to people confined to wheelchairs in what most of take to be the simple act of walking.
they need to build some kind EMP resistance system. otherwise this machine would be useless during fighting. But for carrying and stuff this thing is amazing.
The wheelchair exo is non invasive so it would have to detect the faint muscle movement and use the stilt detection as she used, but integration into the brain, has been done plenty of times with computers, would probably help with response.
I designed lesser complicated suite like this in 2003 for my grandad who had a stroke. I did a complete assembly in Autodesk Inventor using parts from the hardware store, relays and limit switches. I pretty much got laughed at an my professors told me that I would give my grand dad muscle strains. I gave up and quit. I should have never listened and I have no Idea where those files are now.He died in 2010. Now we have Arduinos and make controllers I would have completed @ around $500.
The optimist in me likes to think he only allowed it to be involved in military development just so he could get funding to develop the e-legs part that he most likely cares far more about. Note the MASSIVELY different amount of attention he paid to the military portion
@BobbyxRevolution i dont think you know what the singularity is. this is simply new and interesting technology that augments the human biostructure. that is not what leads to the singularity.
My questions though is what happens if the Vet gets injured while carrying and the machine stops working and the load is unbearable. This was my first thought. A total robot should carry loads like that don't you think?
@cruelbusiness1984 i think hal5 is harder because it must adapt 100% to the human body's movement instead of going outwards like 7 inches to each side... but please elaborate more so i can understand what you mean
No one is saying that wheelchairs aren't good. This is just a technological steep to a fully functional exoskeletons, and they will eventually replace wheelchairs. This is basically a prototype. Of course they have to have prototype users in order to improve their product, and in a future maybe you will be using next generation exoskeleton, and be able to walk and run without mayor problems.
If you look carefully she puts her right arm under her right leg and lifts it. The fact that she has her hand underneath her leg and that the leg is not facing the camera makes it difficult to see. She's not faking lol.
@saudisandawy She has regained some leg strength in 19 years of time and hard rehabilitation. I don't think she'd be able to walk without the exoskeleton though.
@goney3 This is the real world. Companies don't have infinite money to develop new technologies. We should be grateful that the 'pathetic corporate PR' was put in such an elegant fashion. Considering the interest from the army, and disabled people throughout many countries, this little talk might have gotten his company the money they need to perfect it. But you are right, device does = pretty cool. :)
@QuantumGh0st It's not so much 'it's (only) because of the Military', rather that was the channel the tech frequently runs through in the US. True enough, the Internet would have begun eventually, as the foundations for it were already laid out in the railway communications systems as a replacement for physical semaphore lines. But my statement is that we wouldn't be having this discussion on RUclips. What if the Internet took its first baby steps in the mid 90's, rather than the early 70's?
I would guess the real ambition, is to make something like this an external (or even internal) implant, that needs no removal or application, and it's like on (or in) you permanently
She's obviously not 100% paralyzed, it's "non invasive". Meaning it's not implanted in her brain and doesn't use her brain for input. It uses pressure coming from her legs/feet pushing against sensors. This is suitable for someone who has extremely limited movement/strength in their leg, but has the ability to still control them at least very slightly. Through therapy over 19 years, I'm sure she's got the ability to slightly move her legs back, but never to the point of being able walk.
Wow, this is pretty cool. The talk was a little on the scripted side- but the technology being produced is incredible, but more practical for military applications- its going to take a number of years before they have something more reasonable for the disabled to wear.
its not that far off, they only need a little more technological advances, and with how far we have come in the last 10 years I guarantee that you will be walking within your lifetime.
Seriously WHO disliked this?! I just can't fathom why someone would :| Also, to those saying bad things about the military side of it, I highly doubt they would've been able to get funding for this if there wasn't a military side to it, and from what he says it seems that the civilian side is his main focus. Here's hoping this results in paraplegics being able to walk in 5 years w/o crutches!
@azray13 Exactly. Things like this, are only a stepping stone. Just like bulky cell phones, or room sized computers. It's only a matter of time, money, and research.
Uh nice, that thing allows me to carry the batteries that it consumes. Here is an idea: use a trolley. It is cheaper, lighter, more reliable, can be exchanged between soldiers, has unlimited range, can be fixed by anyone. (yes, it does not help the disabled)
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Hearing that lady giggle with glee brought tears to my eyes. Taking the simple things for granted is so easy to do.
Im also a wheelchair user,this will be a huge step forward.You have to understand that it's in the very early stages it will eventually become alot lighter and alot less bulky.As it is now long term wheelchair users to bo able to get up and walk around will greatly reduce spasims,back pain from prolong periods of standing in some casses where the spinal cord is total severed regular use of this will restore some use of the legs where the patient is able to do away with the chair and use a stick.
I grew up watching my oldest sister constantly battle with the idea that she'd never be able to walk. Seeing that woman stand up and walk across the stage brought tears to my eyes. I have so, so much hope for technologies like this in the future!
This has got to be one of the most spectacular demonstrations of it's kind I've ever seen.
Talks like this are why I watch TED - This is inspirational
In the talk he very clearly states that its sensors in the crutches (which are held in the hands) not in the legs, that are used to control movement.
Before Advanced Warfare: 2,000
After Advanced warfare: 131,466
DASH89ER This was made well before AW.
you have to remember cod aw stared in 2012
+DASH89ER no advanced warfare no
but AW the punch that will be cool for military forces
Amandas smiles says it all and so de my tears
3 years later, I never heard anything about this.
logic ..its gonna be used in the millitary ..so not for consumers ..so secret....kinda ....allso look robo dog..!!! that one is super and little scary ..
+atshapi13 because it's with the army now, in the deep dark research labs
5 years... 5 years and this isn't our reality. What wrong with us.
6 years, guys - we were indeed being deceived
10 years...nothing changed...
There is already a robotic exoskeleton that is hands free, and works for wheelchair users. It's called the REX, and is made in New Zealand.
That is fantastic, I love the way technology is advancing..
@EPW389 Right. Because the woman is obviously a soldier...
Their technology has multiple uses. Military use is one of them.
A lot of items we use every day were created by/for the military forces anyway. For instance, the GPS system was created by the military and released to civilians by President Reagan.
So even if this was an ad (which it is not) for military equipment, i feel like it has its place on TED considering the kind of life-changing invention it is.
@pinochska that was a full robot. its much harder when u hav 2 streamline the movement to joints that extend sideways instead of bein reinforced from within
This is why I love technology.
There is already a robotic exoskeleton that is hands free, and works for wheelchair users. It's called the REX, and is made in New Zealand. You can sit at a table. As long as you can self-transfer from the wheelchair, you can use the Rex.
People seem to forget that this is a very new field in science. We are only just getting into it and the first 100 things of it is gonna be clumsy and maybe not fully needed, but thats how things start.
For example computers. They were giant rocks at first, and now we have tiny computers that can do more than 1000 times since then. Just wait 8 years or something. If the reserch is continued, it will give results.
Awesome beginnings.
I was watching a documentary recently about the challenges of a Mars mission, with one of them being the lack of a spacesuit design which could offer a full range of mobility without the "EVA Shortening" energy expenditure resulting from trying to move in a pressurized suit/pressure wrapping.
I wonder if there are any prototypes which implement exoskeleton technology to compensate for that at the joints, so as to provide full mobility and fine control with no more exertion than normal activity?
@Sezlar
Pretty much most of the major technological breakthroughs in the last century began as military projects, even the internet began as a DARPA project.
@GeistIV - Yeah. I remember the 1st cell phone my father had, it was in a bag & could only make calls, no texting or web - browsing. Anyway, here's hoping this exo - skeleton can be slimmed down into something more practical for everyday use. Hell, prosthetics were once rather large & bulky, too, now they have some electromechanical ones that are hard to distinguish from human limbs, at least at a distance.
I cant wait to see a full body super suit with abilities beyond our imagining, but im positive the first prototype will be military. Since they seem to have unlimited funds, to bad to, the scientific and exploratory possibilities are amazing. I wonder if they will use any of this technology in future space suits?
@Neylonx Of course not, I'm sure they want to share their mechanical pants. Would be difficult to decide who gets to wear them on the weekends.
nice tec, but i hope they soon find a way of re-wiring the spinal cord to the paralized parts.
@Sondre7 unfortunately, the date on your computer is wrong. you are still in the present.
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She moved it with her hand. I myself had to go back and watch it a couple of times. I thought the same thing the first time.
Having watched a few talks in biotech too, I wonder which will win-out in the end - exoskeletons or lab regrown muscles and other tissue.
@bananerosabroso I should have spoken clearer. She didn't just rehearsed, she memorized her experience as if it were scripted. This, to me, means that it's not completely genuine. Public speaking is a challenging art that not everyone knows, which makes it seem extremely implausible that a random lady who can't walk is a perfect orator. This whole thing reads like an infomercial.
@Thymonico it is a commercial for all the potential investors in the audience.
Take this and integrate it with the brain wave scanner from the bio-engineering ted, and you could replace / fix walking altogether.
He even has the maniacal German scientist accent. LOVELY!
I love how the audience is dead silent when the military guy comes out showcasing what could be amazingly useful technology for those who preserve the way of life that *allows* TED talks to exist.
Sometimes this crowd is amazingly self parodying.
Nice tech.
This is a really great start!
Who on earth would dislike this?!?
@uberkakis Because a copy of this talk was sent to the Department of Defense shortly afterward.
@jorenvonk
That would entirely depend on what you consider great inventions. Also, you are putting the cart before the horse. It isn't that the military invented everything but that they jumped on inovations swiftly and funded weaponised research programmes to utilise them.
how can someone dislike this?
@holyscythe I agree, but I think there is something inherently meaningful to people confined to wheelchairs in what most of take to be the simple act of walking.
@CapAdGroup ARPANET was the first thing that could've effectively been called an internet as we know it.
It's a start and a huge step.
@BradleyHayward
So, maybe she does. There is a big difference between being able to move your leg a bit, and being able to walk.
Wow! Awesome, Mike! Where can I get one?!
they need to build some kind EMP resistance system. otherwise this machine would be useless during fighting. But for carrying and stuff this thing is amazing.
The wheelchair exo is non invasive so it would have to detect the faint muscle movement and use the stilt detection as she used, but integration into the brain, has been done plenty of times with computers, would probably help with response.
You guys should see the HAL suit in japan.
@TheScienceFoundation Exactly, by MIT researchers and DARPA as a MAJOR military need.
Is this where the robot Bender in Futurama got his name?
i find it humourous that this video came after a video talking about the possible cautions of bio-egnineering.
@NiveditaVidula And if it seems rehearsed, they didn't rehearse enough!
If you watch it again, I think you will see that she very clearly moves her leg with her hand, and is indeed paralyzed below the pelvis.
@NapoEz3 He shows the military use, yes, but did you watch the rest of the video?
i have a feeling this could lead to something very close to call of duty advanced warfare
0:44
I wanted him to say "It will give you...Maximum Speed, Maximum Strength, Maximum Armor".
We are living in the future. This is awesome!
I designed lesser complicated suite like this in 2003 for my grandad who had a stroke. I did a complete assembly in Autodesk Inventor using parts from the hardware store, relays and limit switches. I pretty much got laughed at an my professors told me that I would give my grand dad muscle strains. I gave up and quit. I should have never listened and I have no Idea where those files are now.He died in 2010. Now we have Arduinos and make controllers I would have completed @ around $500.
"smooth, and very natural" lmao - it IS frickin' awesome though.
The optimist in me likes to think he only allowed it to be involved in military development just so he could get funding to develop the e-legs part that he most likely cares far more about. Note the MASSIVELY different amount of attention he paid to the military portion
@BobbyxRevolution i dont think you know what the singularity is. this is simply new and interesting technology that augments the human biostructure. that is not what leads to the singularity.
My questions though is what happens if the Vet gets injured while carrying and the machine stops working and the load is unbearable. This was my first thought. A total robot should carry loads like that don't you think?
@cruelbusiness1984 i think hal5 is harder because it must adapt 100% to the human body's movement instead of going outwards like 7 inches to each side... but please elaborate more so i can understand what you mean
Amazing! Amazing! For lack of words, amazing!
No one is saying that wheelchairs aren't good.
This is just a technological steep to a fully functional exoskeletons, and they will eventually replace wheelchairs. This is basically a prototype.
Of course they have to have prototype users in order to improve their product, and in a future maybe you will be using next generation exoskeleton, and be able to walk and run without mayor problems.
If you look carefully she puts her right arm under her right leg and lifts it. The fact that she has her hand underneath her leg and that the leg is not facing the camera makes it difficult to see. She's not faking lol.
look closely - she uses her right arm to lift her leg. she grab below her thigh to lift the leg up.
amanda is static part of their commerials. although the technology is quite interesting. dont only like commercial part.
@saudisandawy She has regained some leg strength in 19 years of time and hard rehabilitation. I don't think she'd be able to walk without the exoskeleton though.
"It moves her in a smooth and natural way." *walks awkwardly on stage*
@DeimosSaturn you just took the words right out of my mouth :-D
Thank you Technology
We in the gaming community call it the Nano suit from Crysis.
5:35 I heard: "We have the technology. We can make him better than he was. Better...stronger...faster."
@breaneainn Oh dear, there are going to have a 3rd Olympics for robotic assisted Olympians, gonna be hell to regulated
I was waiting for him to say: IT IS ALIVE!!!
Is there a possibility of a malfunction and that thing bends the other way and dislocates something of yours?
@saudisandawy Yes, she did. Using her right hand.
cuando podremos tener acceso a ésta tecnología ? ???
I dont consider it walking when you're using crutches -.-
but its a great invention nonetheless. A bit commercialised though
@goney3 This is the real world. Companies don't have infinite money to develop new technologies. We should be grateful that the 'pathetic corporate PR' was put in such an elegant fashion. Considering the interest from the army, and disabled people throughout many countries, this little talk might have gotten his company the money they need to perfect it.
But you are right, device does = pretty cool. :)
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@QuantumGh0st It's not so much 'it's (only) because of the Military', rather that was the channel the tech frequently runs through in the US. True enough, the Internet would have begun eventually, as the foundations for it were already laid out in the railway communications systems as a replacement for physical semaphore lines. But my statement is that we wouldn't be having this discussion on RUclips. What if the Internet took its first baby steps in the mid 90's, rather than the early 70's?
Where's Troy Hurtubise?
@apocaRUFF
"Perfection is achieved, not when there's nothing left to add, but when there's nothing left to take away." - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ^^
I would guess the real ambition, is to make something like this an external (or even internal) implant, that needs no removal or application, and it's like on (or in) you permanently
She's obviously not 100% paralyzed, it's "non invasive". Meaning it's not implanted in her brain and doesn't use her brain for input. It uses pressure coming from her legs/feet pushing against sensors.
This is suitable for someone who has extremely limited movement/strength in their leg, but has the ability to still control them at least very slightly. Through therapy over 19 years, I'm sure she's got the ability to slightly move her legs back, but never to the point of being able walk.
@saudisandawy At first I was thinking exactly the same, but if you watch closely you'll see that she is using her right hand to move her right leg.
@sensur1 ye, especially one released in the nineties : p starring Pierce Brosnan
Wow, this is pretty cool. The talk was a little on the scripted side- but the technology being produced is incredible, but more practical for military applications- its going to take a number of years before they have something more reasonable for the disabled to wear.
@QuantumGh0st why? do you have any idea how much tech comes to the general population from the military?
this is what technology is really about
its not that far off, they only need a little more technological advances, and with how far we have come in the last 10 years I guarantee that you will be walking within your lifetime.
Seriously WHO disliked this?! I just can't fathom why someone would :|
Also, to those saying bad things about the military side of it, I highly doubt they would've been able to get funding for this if there wasn't a military side to it, and from what he says it seems that the civilian side is his main focus.
Here's hoping this results in paraplegics being able to walk in 5 years w/o crutches!
@Organjic They're not getting laser cannons. It's just saving some G.I.'s backs.
@azray13 Exactly. Things like this, are only a stepping stone. Just like bulky cell phones, or room sized computers. It's only a matter of time, money, and research.
It is amazing the work that he is doing for dissabled people
...but...
"we have the technology" we can re build them. Gota love six million dollor man
This is amazing
It goes without saying that this has a long way to go...
Uh nice, that thing allows me to carry the batteries that it consumes. Here is an idea: use a trolley. It is cheaper, lighter, more reliable, can be exchanged between soldiers, has unlimited range, can be fixed by anyone.
(yes, it does not help the disabled)
3:26 did she move her leg on its own?
now i can see myself on the summit of mt everest
This Amanda person seems to have her speech really rehearsed...