Now is the time to say good bye to your Personal trainer and hire a robot , yes you heard it right a robot to assist you in your Training.
Doctors at the Harvard Medical School have invented a robot which can help in strength exercises in patients having weak muscles. the device is a lightweight elbow brace that employs an EMG sensor that sits on the surface of a user's bicep or tricep muscle, depending on desired motion.The studies showed that patients gained a significant movements with the robot arm and there where no compilations. The researchers are improvising on the robot to make it more portable, user friendly and comfortable.
Right now it is used only for paralyzed stroke survivors but may be in future it can be used by normal individuals, who knows........
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