Being mobile is for chumps, but even you, my sedentary friends, will likely come across situations where you’ll need to move. To grab some more bed-sore ointment, for instance. Luckily, over at Honda they’ve been cooking up some robotic legs that will make short work of your hitherto annoying need for conveyance.
Perhaps not a robot in the true sense, but billed as such throughout the blogosphere, Honda’s legs are essentially wearable supports with small motors. The wonderlegs “reduce the strains of walking, standing and crouching” and are apparently “as easy to use as a bicycle.” Though, chances are if you need robotic legs to walk, you probably don’t remember what it’s like to ride a bicycle.
No word yet on pricing or availability. Honda plans to start testing these kickers irl with Honda factories. Not only will old people like the robo-legs, but factory workers who are required to be in uncomfortable, repetitive postures will benefit as well.
So if you don’t want to strap yourself into a robot that looks like it will destroy your anus and snap your kneecaps, the Honda legs aren’t for you. But if you need some robo-in’ to get where you’re goin’, then by all means, automate those gams.