Robot suit for disabled

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2013, shows Yoshiyuki Sankai (L), professor at the University of Tsukuba, and a model wearing a robot suit Sankai developed. The suit, designed to help the disabled and elderly in their daily activities, was given a safety certification the same day by a Japanese quality assurance organization, becoming the world's first welfare-purpose robot to be thus certified.

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