AWARD YEAR
2019
CATEGORY
Body
GOALS
Good Health & Well-being
KEYWORDS
robotics , health, Wearable tech
COUNTRY
United States of America
DESIGNED BY
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab: A. Dementyev, J. Hernandez, S. Follmer, I. Choi, and J. Paradiso
WEBSITE
https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/skinbot-a-wearable-skin-climbing-robot/overview/
SkinBot
A Wearable, Skin-Climbing Robot
A lightweight robot that moves over the skin's surface with a two-legged suction-based locomotion mechanism and captures a wide range of body parameters with an exchangeable multipurpose sensing module. SkinBot will enable a more systematic study of the human body and will offer opportunities to advance areas such as telemedicine, human-computer interfaces, body care, and fashion.