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Nurse Robot Exoskeleton on Beyond Tomorrow

This is a clip from Beyond Tomorrow documenting the Power Assist Suit developed at Kanagawa Institute of Technology in Tokyo, Japan. The suit is a robot exoskeleton designed to help nurses lift patients.

from YouTube on Thu, Feb 14 2008

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