Unleash Your Potential - Namagunga Girls Coding Club
Bionic suit final
1. Prepared by,
JOHN JOSE,
S7 ME,
11436030.
Guided by,
EDIN MICHAEL,
Asst. Professor,
Dept. of Mechanical Engg.
2. INTRODUCTION
A powered exoskeleton is a mobile machine
consisting primarily of an outer framework
worn by a person, and powered by a system of
motors or hydraulics that delivers at least part
of the energy for limb movement.
4. WHAT IS THE NEED OF AN
EXOSKELETON?
• It is a suit which assists the wearer by
boosting their strength and endurance. So it is
used by paralyzed patients for walking.
• It also gives the wearer superhuman powers.
So it can also be used in military and rescue
fields.
5. Main Parts
• Skeleton
• Micro Computers
• Power supply
• Wrist band or control pad
• Power Gloves(only in some)
6. SKELETON
•It may be made of
any light weight
metals like
aluminium, nickel,
titanium and hard
plastics.
•The potential of
using Carbon fibre is
under research.
7. MICROCOMPUTERS
• Microcomputers control the movements of
various motors or hydraulic cylinders
associated with the joints.
• It sends signals to various joints as per the
required mode.
8. POWER SUPPLY
• These can be powered by an internal
combustion engine, batteries or potentially
fuel cells.
• Regenerative methods like using piezoelectric
shoes or power producing pendulums as in
the case of kinetic watches will increase the
power backup.
• Wireless charging will make a giant leap in the
future of exoskeletons.
9. Wrist Band [Control pad]
• The user selects various modes by pressing the
buttons on the wrist band.
• Various modes are sit to stand, walk forward,
turn, …
10. POWER GLOVE
• The fingertips in the Glove are
equipped with force-sensitive
sensors that recognize when the
user grasps an object.
• A microcontroller calculates
how much force should be
added and controls small
engines that in turn move
artificial tendons connected to
the fingertips of the glove.
11. •Ekso suit is used by
paralyzed patients for
walking.
•Users can stand, walk &
even climb stairs.
•It is powered by 4
motors one at each hip &
knee joint that are
controlled by micro
computers.
WORKING OF EKSO
12. WORKING OF EKSO
• Users can balance using crutches.
• Users select different modes from the wrist
band.
• It also uses motion sensors to study the
walking style of users.
• It weighs 23kg & users can walk at a speed of
3.2 km/hr.
• Newer versions of ekso suits have power
backup up to 6 hours.
13. COMPLICATIONS FACED
• Power supply
• Skeleton material
• Actuators
• Joint flexibility
• Speed of response
• Detection of unsafe or invalid motions
• Pinching
• User size
• Cost
15. MILITARY USES
• Protects soldiers from enemy fire by repelling
bullets.
• Increases the efficiency of soldiers.
• By further advancements it may even be able
to carry a wounded soldier back to base.
• Soldiers can carry up to 90kg at a speed of
7mph for long time and has a burst speed of
10mph.
• Its load carrying capacity works even without
power.
• It can be used for mission in places where
vehicles can’t go.
16. MEDICAL USES
• Helps paralytic to stand, walk and even climb
stairs.
• People with muscular dystrophy and other
neuromuscular disabilities could use the
exoskeleton to amplify their muscle strength.
• Also used for physical therapy.
• Can be used in surgery for very precise
movement with the doctor controlling it
remotely.
17. RESCUE
• It can be used by firemen to go into risky and
hazardous environments for rescue
operations.
• It can be used to rescue people from the
remains of destroyed buildings in an
earthquake.
18. ENTERTAINMENT
• These suits can be used to perform
superhuman stunts without risking human
lives.
• It can also be used as a preventive measure in
extreme sports like sky diving, para gliding …
20. LIFE SUIT
• Monty Reed, a former
Army Ranger who was
paralyzed after a night
parachute jump
developed Life suit.
• The Lifesuit is intended
to allow passive
movements to the
legs.
21. REX
• It weighs 84 pounds.
• Stabilizes the body leaving
hands free.
• Developed by eksobionics.
• Differs from Ekso suit or
Rewalk in the sense that
Rex is self balancing.
22. HAL 5
• Hybrid Assistive Limb
• The HAL suit works by
detecting signals sent
from the brain to
muscles and amplifies
them.
• It is made of nickel and
aluminum alloys, along
with a thick plastic
casing.
23. BLEEX
• Berkeley Lower
Extremity EXoskeleton.
• It combines human
control system with
robotic muscle.
• More than 40 sensors
monitor the movements
& relay them to an
onboard computer.
24. TROJAN
• It is the first ballistic proof
exoskeleton.
• It has so far been able to
stop bullets, knives, clubs
and light explosives.
• The Trojan has an intake
fan and an exhaust fan in
the helmet to keep the
soldier from becoming
overheated.
• High impact plastic is used
to create this 40 pound
protective exoskeleton.
25. HULC
• Human Universal Load Carrier.
• Meant for military use.
• Powered by batteries which lasts up to 8 hours
on marching.
• It amplifies movements of user.
• Loads are attached to the skeleton and are
carried by the skeleton bypassing the user.
• User can carry up to 90kg weight and run at a
speed of 7mph for long hours.
27. XOS FEATURES
• XOS 2 is the most advanced exoskeleton developed
so far.
• Weighs 150 pounds.
• It is tethered to a power generator.
• Sensors are provided all over the body and joints
have computer processors which communicate with
each other.
• Can lift up to 180kg.
28. LANDWALKER
• It stands at 3.4 meters
tall & weighs 1000 kg.
• It has a cabin for the
pilot.
• It is powered by a 250cc
petrol engine.
• With guns held at each
side, this robot would
be intimidating to any
soldier on the
battlefield.
30. The 2014 FIFA World Cup made history when it opened in
Sao Paolo this week when a 29-year-old paralytic man
named Juliano Pinto kicked a soccer ball with the aid of a
robotic exoskeleton.
31. Advantages
• Disability no longer remains as a permanent
issue.
• Increased mobility & performance.
• Lessens the distance between men &
machines.
• Newer researches in specialized materials.
• Improves quality of life.
• Expanding markets and newer jobs.
32. Disadvantages
• Research is drastically expensive.
• The suit is also expensive -more than $45,000.
• Specialized parts are required.
• Lack of adequate power source still hinders
the development.
• Difficult to stand up if user fell down but it has
been solved to a great extent by constant
research.
33. FUTURE
• These exoskeletons will be out in the
battlefield helping & protecting our soldiers.
• Robotic surgeons controlled by surgeons will
soon conquer the surgery field.
• Paralyzed patients can walk again.
• The future seems endless as we go deeper
into this.
34. References
• www.eksobionics.com
• www.theyshallwalk.org
• http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-
40000/Tau/TAU-BATTLESUITS-AND-
DRONES?filter_reset=1
• http://kitup.military.com/2013/10/darpa-advances-
bionic-suits-protect.html#ixzz36MQUvStl
• ‘Bionic Exoskeleton:History, development and the
future’ -IOSR Journal of mechanical and civil
engineering by Habib Ali, Department of Biomedical
engineering, J.B institute of engineering and
technology, Hyderabad, India.
• ‘Leading edge of cybernics : Robot suit HAL’ by
Yoshiyuki Sankai Graduate school of Systems and
information engineering, University of Tsukuba, Japan.
It was the first time a mind-controlled prosthetic was used in a sporting event, and represented the culmination
of months worth of planning and years worth of technical development.
The basic idea is that we are recording from the brain and then that signal is being translated into commands for the robot to start moving.
the exoskeleton relies on a series of wireless electrodes attached to the head
that collect brainwaves, which then signal the suit to move. The braces are also stabilized by gyroscopes and powered by a battery carried by the kicker in a
backpack.
