Robotic Ape: Next Monkey In Space?

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The opening ceremony of the 2014 World Cup in São Paulo, Brazil, put under spotlights some very exciting technological innovations. To kick off the tournament, young paralysed people used an exoskeleton guided by their thoughts. This playlist is to recall you euronews' videos explaining how exoskeletons and human form robots can help people to move, live and feel better: "Charlie" is a robotic ape. He's being developed by scientists at Bremen's German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), as a test-bed for new technologies and improved robotic design. The robot is a technological test-bed for machines that may one day help humans both on earth and in space euronews knowledge brings you a fresh mix of the world's most interesting know-hows, directly from space and sci-tech experts. Subscribe for your dose of space and sci-tech: http://eurone.ws/Y9QTy3 Made by euronews, the most watched news channel in Europe.

Published 2014-01-22 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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