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Clinical Trials Begin For Russia's First Medical Exoskeleton

Posted by samzenpus on from the in-soviet-russia dept.

pRobotika writes: Seven hundred people volunteered to try out the ExoAtlet when the Russian startup advertised its imminent clinical trials. Only a handful of these could be accommodated when testing of Russia's first medical exoskeleton began recently in a Moscow hospital. It's the latest step in the Skolkovo-backed innovation's battle to reach the market, and progress is looking phenomenal. The video features the coolest looking exoskeleton testers we've seen in a long time.

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  1. Re:Interesting to see them continue with this... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    We've already had Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. It looks like the Bush Crime Family is already cranking up the pressure on Russia. Their attempt isn't working because >80% of Russians know the truth that they are not responsible for this:

    http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/more-than-80-of-russians-blame-ukrainian-army-for-malaysia-airlines-crash/504333.html

    Unfortunately, USians are easier to fool, and one poll I read said a stunning 26% of people in the USA think Russia did it. That is very sad. People in the USA are so misinformed. The Republicans hate Putin so they'll believe any garbage the USA media machine spews at them.

  2. Russian bashing by manu0601 · · Score: 2

    It is a bit sad to see all that Russian bashing in the comments.

    Whatever your beliefs are about the MH17 crash, this exoskeleton project is not related to it. Nobody bashes US startups because of US foreign policy...

    1. Re:Russian bashing by qpqp · · Score: 2

      Did you read the part about the testers being paralyzed from the waist down? It does look clunky, but price is also an issue, and if this is the VHS of exo-skeletons then it just might have a future.