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One of the world’s biggest trade shows for consumer electronics and home appliances, IFA 2018, will open its doors on August 31 in Berlin. As usual, the event will be teeming with novelties from the realm of smartphones, TVs, computers and so on.
For LG, this year’s event will be yet another opportunity to show off the company’s skills at creating machines to help humans perform their daily tasks. After all, LG itself says it will focus in the coming years on becoming a leading developer of service robots.
LG-developed robots we’ve seen before, in the form of the Cleaning Robot or Serving Robot. But a wearable robot we’ve yet to lay our eyes on.
This is how LG describes what the rest of the world sees as an exoskeleton: a wearable robot. It will be presented at IFA as the CLOi SuitBot, a smart harness designed to support and enhance a user’s legs.
As with any exoskeleton, it uses rotating joints to enhance the wearer’s body while walking, standing or working. The connection to the ground is made via sandal-type shoes.
Unlike most exoskeletons, this one can be fitted with wheels, thus morphing in a personal transporter of sorts for anyone who uses it.
And it’s smart, too. It can connect to other LG service robots to deliver information and tools required at work sites. The AI powering it can evolve through the recognition and analysis of biometric and environment data, leading to optimal movements and stances for the wearer.
“LG CLOi SuitBot is evidence of our full commitment to expanding our portfolio of service robots that deliver tangible convenience and innovation in our lives,” said in a statement Song Dae-hyun, president of LG’s Home Appliance & Air Solution Company.
“It’s just one example of a wide range of revolutionary AI products designed to interact with users to dramatically elevate user convenience and create new opportunities to advance our robotics initiative into a next-gen growth engine.”
The exoskeleton is not currently on sale, but it's likely a commercially available version of it will make its way onto the market soon.
LG-developed robots we’ve seen before, in the form of the Cleaning Robot or Serving Robot. But a wearable robot we’ve yet to lay our eyes on.
This is how LG describes what the rest of the world sees as an exoskeleton: a wearable robot. It will be presented at IFA as the CLOi SuitBot, a smart harness designed to support and enhance a user’s legs.
As with any exoskeleton, it uses rotating joints to enhance the wearer’s body while walking, standing or working. The connection to the ground is made via sandal-type shoes.
Unlike most exoskeletons, this one can be fitted with wheels, thus morphing in a personal transporter of sorts for anyone who uses it.
And it’s smart, too. It can connect to other LG service robots to deliver information and tools required at work sites. The AI powering it can evolve through the recognition and analysis of biometric and environment data, leading to optimal movements and stances for the wearer.
“LG CLOi SuitBot is evidence of our full commitment to expanding our portfolio of service robots that deliver tangible convenience and innovation in our lives,” said in a statement Song Dae-hyun, president of LG’s Home Appliance & Air Solution Company.
“It’s just one example of a wide range of revolutionary AI products designed to interact with users to dramatically elevate user convenience and create new opportunities to advance our robotics initiative into a next-gen growth engine.”
The exoskeleton is not currently on sale, but it's likely a commercially available version of it will make its way onto the market soon.
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