Personal Robotics

An immersive education summit is an event that takes place every year and is basically a conference, with many speakers where they discuss the impact that certain kinds of technology are having, and how they can be expanded. Topics covered feature all state of the art technologies such as wearable computers and 3D printing.

Here are two highlight screenshots which show in more detail what this conference is, and more specifically who and what universities are involved, because I could not remember them all. Some of my favorite topics discussed are Google Glass, 3D printing, personal robotics, and virtual currencies. The topic of this report will be personal robotics, which have helped many people in the last few decades.

Technology such as this could make the lives of millions of amputees turn upside down, for the better! Robotic arms are engineered to complete human-like tasks and with each breakthrough in technology, they get more and more fluid with the motions they perform. However, this technology being readily available, and more importantly affordable to the everyday person is still a ways away.

This is a powerful pic that shows another way personal robotics have helped people, and more specifically, those who help us all. A soldier brave enough to put his life on the line for our defense, sometimes returns home with life changing injuries, like shown in the picture. Personal robotics such as robotic prosthetic legs can help make life more normal, and much easier. I support tax money going to a cause like this, to make the life of any injured soldier better.

Below is a video of a man that lives day to day life with not one but two prosthetic, robotic arms, which give him the ability to do things he could never do without having either arm. This video is incredible as well as inspirational.

This is a little more futuristic, and it may be some time before something like this is easily available but personal robotics could be as specific as functioning robotic hands. I posted this because the man in the video has these on the ends of his arms, with incredible functionality for a machine, further development of something like this could change the lives of millions of people. Learn more about technology like this, and other interesting things at http://summit.immersiveeducation.org/

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