Robots and Disability: Can Technology Save Cadavers?

Robotics dedicates an entire scientific and technological field to people with physical disabilities. This is particularly the case for prosthetics and exoskeletons. And this raises several questions: the state of the research, the psychological dimension with these technical things connected to the body, what this changes in the brain, but also the problem of economic and social access to these developments.

These are the topics covered in this issue of The best in the worldIt was broadcast on December 10, 2021 on France Culture, In partnership with Nomirama. The show is available as a podcast on listening platforms – DeezerAnd spotifyAnd An apple – as On the France Culture . website.

Towards independence through technologies?

In this program presented by François Saltel, you will find perspectives and experiences:

• Nathaniel Grassi, a researcher in robotics, and a CNRS researcher at the Institute of Intelligent Systems and Robotics (ISIR) at the Sorbonne University in Paris;
• Jean Louis ConstanzaD., director of development at Wandercraft, a company that specializes in exoskeletal robotics for people with disabilities.
• Nicolas HochetteCo-founder of My Human Kit for People with Disabilities;
• Danai Bechus, Sales Director of JIB smart Home, Technological Solutions for the Independence of Persons with Mobility Disabilities.

And like every week, look for the Numerama Chronicle at the end of the program. On this show, she is dedicated to “electronic pop star”, Victoria Modesta, and in particular to her music videos. Prototype.