Honda's Stride Management Assist Device used to assess elderly independence solutions
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Honda Motor Co announced Monday that the National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology (NCGG) will feature its Stride Management Assist device in its new program to assess elder independence solutions, which will begin in late August this year.
The Stride Management Assist device is a lightweight, wearable device designed to support people with reduced walking ability. The results of the NCGG program will be leveraged by the Project to Explore Practical Applications of Service Robots, which is an initiative of the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO). One of the goals of the NEDO project is to develop standards for service robot safety technologies.
Established to research the needs of people whose walking ability has declined due to aging, the NCGG program will operate from the Elder Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Center in the Resora Obu Shopping Terrace in Obu, Aichi Prefecture.
Honda will provide NCGG with 40 Stride Management Assist devices, which will be used in the shopping mall and on certain designated walking paths. Based on data output from the devices after use, Honda will research the applicability of the devices to elder independence solutions.
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Kristianna Thomas
The needs of the elderly has grown more since we are living longer, and the "robotic" device that would add mobility to our years is a good thing. Unfortunately. there is an under-served population that could be greatly served with such a device, and that is the people of the disabilities communities. I have a friend that has a physical disability that prevents her from being able to live a life without physical barriers. She is not old and has been living with her disabilities all of her life. There are many people around the world who have difficulty walking due to their physical disabilities, which is not age related. Has this robotic device been tested on people of the disabilities community? If this has not been tested in the communities of the physically Handicapped, why?
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