Eythor Bender demos human exoskeletons

[@t3tsuyaguy1]

Hearing that lady giggle with glee brought tears to my eyes. Taking the simple things for granted is so easy to do.

[@atshapi13]

3 years later, I never heard anything about this.

[@gmy33]

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 ..

[@vladbcom]

+atshapi13 because it's with the army now, in the deep dark research labs

[@CubeBrik]

5 years... 5 years and this isn't our reality. What wrong with us.

[@vidak.228]

6 years, guys - we were indeed being deceived

[@panagiotisgeorgakis1449]

10 years...nothing changed...

[@Dash99erOfficial]

Before Advanced Warfare: 2,000 After Advanced warfare: 131,466

[@DrragonSlayer]

DASH89ER This was made well before AW.

[@erralsanders7695]

you have to remember cod aw stared in 2012

[@cunt580]

+DASH89ER no advanced warfare no

[@user-ri5oc5rw5b]

but AW the punch that will be cool for military forces

[@Sinuev1]

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?

[@OrionsChild]

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!

[@tehKap0w]

@Sondre7 unfortunately, the date on your computer is wrong. you are still in the present.

[@joshski85]

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.

[@sjmaddox]

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.

[@pinochska]

@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

[@BezBog]

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.

[@cruelbusiness1984]

@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

[@Crazylalalalala]

how long does the battery last?

[@doloppost]

Wow! Awesome, Mike! Where can I get one?!

[@TarlaStar]

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.

[@nashertheatheist]

This has got to be one of the most spectacular demonstrations of it's kind I've ever seen.

[@TarlaStar]

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.

[@silverblue73]

@QuantumGh0st why? do you have any idea how much tech comes to the general population from the military?

[@knoxvilleguy2]

@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.

[@MrZeus7]

@NapoEz3 He shows the military use, yes, but did you watch the rest of the video?

[@Trazynn]

@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.

[@PanzarMetal]

Is there a possibility of a malfunction and that thing bends the other way and dislocates something of yours?

[@EstherJonesstar1]

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?

[@2plus2make4]

Talks like this are why I watch TED - This is inspirational

[@drorjs]

nice tec, but i hope they soon find a way of re-wiring the spinal cord to the paralized parts.

[@realMrVent]

This is why I love technology.

[@erralsanders7695]

How much does one cost

[@Dad_Bot]

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.

[@pwd1139]

How can a person get one ?

[@erikm6133]

cuando podremos tener acceso a ésta tecnología ? ???

[@astrophonix]

Is this where the robot Bender in Futurama got his name?

[@yatah]

@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.

[@ZangetsuBullet]

3:26 did she move her leg on its own?

[@blind51de]

Where's Troy Hurtubise?

[@MountMonty]

@uberkakis Because a copy of this talk was sent to the Department of Defense shortly afterward.

[@Sezlar]

....... I don't know where to even start with you....... You seem to have totally miss read my post from a year ago.

[@Trazynn]

He even has the maniacal German scientist accent. LOVELY!

[@MagicalKarriya]

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.

[@bananerosabroso]

@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.

[@Cloroqx]

@Silhouette93 What , no Cloak?

[@AnonEyeMouse]

@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.

[@Prestonboy13]

why this fuck are all the good videos only around 6 and a half minutes long

[@profjaykay]

i find it humourous that this video came after a video talking about the possible cautions of bio-egnineering.

[@BadgerDevil]

That is fantastic, I love the way technology is advancing..

[@rock3tcatU233]

@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.

[@naybobdenod]

Amandas smiles says it all and so de my tears

[@smokeordieganja]

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?

[@GreenShiva-Lightfoot]

"smooth, and very natural" lmao - it IS frickin' awesome though.

[@MrFlyinglemons]

can it help me play QWOP?

[@ronconr]

We have to wait till the military has something 10 times better.

[@sjmaddox]

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.

[@chaselee4255]

i have a feeling this could lead to something very close to call of duty advanced warfare

[@rasey077]

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.

[@slapcompany]

Success for Managers means: I want to be in healthy relationships. I want a real connection with people I spend so much time with.

[@Silhouette93]

0:44 I wanted him to say "It will give you...Maximum Speed, Maximum Strength, Maximum Armor".

[@orlando098]

@bananerosabroso what's so terrible about having rehearsed her speech? Would you go in front of the audience at TED without having given any thought to what you were going to say??

[@Yetanotherytuser]

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.

[@Expostulating]

...what happens when the batteries run out?

[@SikhiArt]

"It moves her in a smooth and natural way." *walks awkwardly on stage*

[@Gnometower]

I was waiting for him to say: IT IS ALIVE!!!

[@EPW389]

@BradleyHayward So, maybe she does. There is a big difference between being able to move your leg a bit, and being able to walk.

[@RashadGlover1]

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.

[@SpeedMech]

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.

[@dieutombe]

@Thymonico it is a commercial for all the potential investors in the audience.

[@frameratelag9406]

so can she skiing again using that exoskeleton ?

[@azray13]

@CambridgeHeights I have been a wheelchair user for 26 years and - this is not a solution to a problem.... a wheelchair is mobile, light, functional I can work etc. How the heck do you put all that on independantly and sit at a table etc? It's solving a "problem" for someone who walks for someone who has a problem with people who don't. It has a long way to go to have any functional application.....

[@TheScienceFoundation]

@CapAdGroup ARPANET was the first thing that could've effectively been called an internet as we know it.

[@watchthe1369]

so this stuff would be better for people missing limbs. That would take care of the space issue?

[@yatah]

@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.

[@DBTWENTYSIX]

Awesome beginnings.

[@bluefootedpig]

Take this and integrate it with the brain wave scanner from the bio-engineering ted, and you could replace / fix walking altogether.

[@charlesmcdowell9436]

You guys should see the HAL suit in japan.

[@CaptainPrincess]

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

[@EpochMod]

We in the gaming community call it the Nano suit from Crysis.

[@DubiousKing]

5:35 I heard: "We have the technology. We can make him better than he was. Better...stronger...faster."

[@GrimSoul66]

This is a really great start!

[@k1llk1ngph30n1x]

@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.

[@covac45]

We can rebuild him. We have the technology.

[@andrewpyrah]

this is what technology is really about

[@BrutusAlbion]

I dont consider it walking when you're using crutches -.- but its a great invention nonetheless. A bit commercialised though

[@pinegulf]

Who on earth would dislike this?!?

[@sourav777]

a freak somersault while downhill skiing? so ur sliding down a cliff with snowon it?

[@alexpow252]

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]

@WTFhappenedWITHyou What's Nano Suit? :P

[@Loopanyway]

amanda is static part of their commerials. although the technology is quite interesting. dont only like commercial part.

[@QuijanoPhD]

I like how people talk about TED as if it were a person.

[@anmo0926]

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.

[@mkmac909]

how can someone dislike this?

[@ExclusiveManual]

Looks like I'll live long enough to see Iron man's suit invented. : )

[@0MoTheG]

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)

[@sweetilleyad]

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.

[@delatroy]

aaah but does it blend? :D

[@Cyromantik]

@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 KZbin. What if the Internet took its first baby steps in the mid 90's, rather than the early 70's?

[@Harizl]

I'd buy one to hold me up on the bus.

[@goformickey]

Yeah, it's due to the fact that dev costs 20x the price of building a fleet of these. The cost of building on is just the price of materials, workers and machining. 1 of these would cost virtually nothing to make, but these days you don't pay for building costs + a percentage for profit. You gotta pay the guy for coming up with the idea while pooping, and pay him again for his time developing. Building costs these days are always 1/20th the price you actually pay.

[@BenPyman]

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!

[@tcorp]

I didn't know TED Talks could also just be a defense industry hack making a pitch, looking to score a contract.

[@captainhobo1234567]

The technology was amazing, the "talk" itself was lackluster at best.

[@Phelan666]

This guy makes robots...and his name is BENDER!

[@TheEconomicElder]

now there will be no excuse for a standing applause! lol

[@aromchuen]

@sensur1 ye, especially one released in the nineties : p starring Pierce Brosnan