Robo-Mate robot frame helps lift 10 kg objects like 1 kg

Scientists in Stuttgart (Germany) have announced they are working on a project called Robo-Mate, which helps create industrial robots used in industry, with the ability to lift 10 kg items but feel just like 1 kg.

Lifting objects 10 kg is only 1 kg with Robo-Mate robot skeleton frame

It is known that this project started to be implemented in 2013, with the participation of 12 research institutes and various companies, belonging to 7 European countries. Their idea is to produce a supportive skeleton that can reduce the pressure on human assembly and dismantling 10 times. The product is made up of many modules that support the arms, body and legs.

Arm module helps the person to ' wear' the skeleton to lift objects with only one tenth of its actual weight. While the body support prevents users from spinal twists. At the same time, foot modules will significantly reduce the weight that the legs suffer when lifting heavy goods.

According to the team, the key to developing an exoskeleton is to use software that simulates tasks related to assembly and disassembly, and then determines the pressure that the body suffers. This allows experts to design a special robot skeleton , so that it can be used by the user as one.

The first prototype of the Robo-Mate exoskeleton was announced in a presentation in Stuttgart on June 12. However, the research team believes that there are still many things that need to be done in the future. Currently the skeleton's safety requirements are being evaluated, in order to soon make it a daily tool for workers.

" We are not looking to become superheroes," said Dr. Leonard O'Sullivan, an expert at the Department of Labor Research and Product Design at the University of Limerick (Ireland). "We want to develop a tool to support workers in their daily work, and keep them healthy . "

Today's industry has become much more modern than before, however, a large number of porters still work day and night at factories. Even small plastic household appliances factories need a lot of manual labor. Although mechanization and automation have somewhat reduced this problem, 44 million workers in Europe still suffer from musculoskeletal disorders , according to the Work Foundation Alliance.

According to Gizmag, the main reason for this situation is that not all stages can be handled by machines. Work done on an extremely small scale or too complicated, is said to be beyond the capabilities of the most advanced robots. As a result, people, with their strength, are still responsible for doing things that cannot be replaced. And that was the reason for the Robo-Mate project.

Robo-Mate test video