{"id":83821,"date":"2013-03-14T13:24:35","date_gmt":"2013-03-14T11:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/blog\/three-projects-by-technion-researchers-and-graduates-to-be-presented-to-president-barack-obama\/"},"modified":"2013-03-14T13:24:35","modified_gmt":"2013-03-14T11:24:35","slug":"three-projects-by-technion-researchers-and-graduates-to-be-presented-to-president-barack-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/blog\/three-projects-by-technion-researchers-and-graduates-to-be-presented-to-president-barack-obama\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Projects by Technion Researchers and Graduates to be Presented to President Barack Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Three projects by Technion Researchers and graduates to be presented to President Barack Obama during his visit to Israel.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Snake Robot<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The robot was developed by Prof. Alon Wolf of the Faculty for Mechanical Engineering at the Technion. It is designed to enter spaces in areas prone to earthquakes and the collapse of buildings and to assist in location and rescue activities, by transmitting pictures and voices of trapped people. The robot is unique due to its crawling capabilities and is very flexible thanks to large number of links. Each link comprises engines, computer, sensors, wireless communication and batteries. The robot carries a camera in its head. Thanks to the snake\u2019s flexible structure, it is capable of squeezing through the ruins without causing additional collapse of the structure, and is able to provide vital information from inaccessible areas about the condition of trapped people, the existence of hazardous\u00a0 materials, etc.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www-old.technion.ac.il\/_local\/includes\/blocks\/news-items\/130314-obamameitzagim\/robot-nachash-orig.jpg\" width=\"220\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ReWalk<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Technion graduate Dr. Amit Goffer, founder of \u201cArgo Medical Technologies\u201d, will present the ReWalk, a powered external skeleton that enables\u00a0 paraplegics to walk and perform other daily functions (sitting, standing,\u00a0 and climbing\/going down the stairs). The ReWalk is the first system of its kind. It is designed\u00a0 to change the life of paraplegics, and Stephen Hawking\u00a0 has defined it as one of the five most important machines for humanity. The device has already given almost 200\u00a0 paraplegics the ability to walk , and\u00a0 is used in the USA, Europe and Israel, including for partaking in Marathons. Amit will present the ReWalk, and Raddi Kaiuf,\u00a0 paraplegic as a result of war injury, will demonstrate the system.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The system allows paraplegics to restore lower body function through a designated device that is harnessed to the body. The device is activated by a chargeable battery that lasts the entire day. The system uses motion sensors to identify the user\u2019s movements and translate them to joint movements.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The users no longer need to use a wheelchair and they can move and stand upright. The ReWalk allows the user to walk on planes and slopes.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www-old.technion.ac.il\/_local\/includes\/blocks\/news-items\/130314-obamameitzagim\/rewalk-orig.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Generation of future scientists<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Yarin Frenkel, Omer Zamir and Omer Shoshan, students at the Haifa Municipal High School C are the winners of an international robotics contest held in Connecticut, USA, in 2012. The students, guided by Prof. Igor Verner and his doctoral candidate Dan Cooperman, of the Department of Education in\u00a0 Technology and Science at the Technion, have won for their development of a waiter robot that is aimed at demonstrating the ability to serve the \u00a0handicapped in their home. They \u00a0developed a \u201chuman\u201d waiter\u00a0 robot, which is better accepted by the user. The robot has 18 engines, sensors, a compass and a camera.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www-old.technion.ac.il\/_local\/includes\/blocks\/news-items\/130314-obamameitzagim\/dor-atid-orig.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">From right to left: Yarin Frenkel, Omer Shuham and Omer Zamir<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Photos: Technion Spokesman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three projects by Technion Researchers and graduates to be presented to President Barack Obama during his visit to Israel. Snake Robot The robot was developed by Prof. Alon Wolf of the Faculty for Mechanical Engineering at the Technion. 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