Robot Suit for Japanese Farmers

Written by: Bruce Cat on: Apr 8 2008 Published in: Robots Tags: , , , ,

We all know that working in the farms is no walk in the park. So naturally farmers do need all the help they can get especially if they’re aging Japanese farmers.

Professor Shigeki Toyama and his team at the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology have developed a wearable power-assist robot suit to assist the farmers and boost their strength in the field.