So what can one use a robot suit Well, it's definitely not restricted to just lifting sacks of grain, but which was precisely what we've got to complete at CEATEC thanks to Koba Lab from Tokyo, japan College of Science. First observed in 2009, the miracle behind this 9kg package would be the set of pneumatic artificial muscles (also known as McKibben artificial muscles) around the back, that are produced by industrial equipment manufacturer Kanda Tsushin. When pressurized with air using electrical aspects of KOA Corporation, the lightweight, loosely-woven PET tubes contract and therefore provide support towards the user's back, shoulders and elbows. As a result, our arms could easily hold two more sacks of grain (which makes it accurately everytime 50kg) before the demonstrator deflated the muscles. Take a look at our jolly hands-on video following the break.
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