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They are doing this quite a bit for the elderly in Japan (by quite a bit, I mean I have seen it on television). Mainly in the area of top-fruit farmers. I think the biggest issue is cost at this point. It is a big priority for them because of the ‘aging of society’; especially farmers who have no successors.
I really hope that exoskeletons will be affordable when I get to an age where I need it. Having seen my mother being reduced to a blob that needed other people to be moved was enough. 20 years down the road, the Japanese might have solved that problem for us.
They are doing this quite a bit for the elderly in Japan (by quite a bit, I mean I have seen it on television). Mainly in the area of top-fruit farmers. I think the biggest issue is cost at this point. It is a big priority for them because of the ‘aging of society’; especially farmers who have no successors.
Yeah, Japan is heading into a population decline, and the number of elderly is exploding.
How about exoskeletons for the not-so-elderly? I could use one some days
And the robots are friendlier there. After all, who wants Terminator for legs.
I really hope that exoskeletons will be affordable when I get to an age where I need it. Having seen my mother being reduced to a blob that needed other people to be moved was enough. 20 years down the road, the Japanese might have solved that problem for us.