Honda’s already a big name in other forms of mobility, like cars, trucks, motorcycles, and engines, so why not walking devices, too? The Japanese manufacturer has spent much of the last two decades ...

It's been a long while since we first saw Honda's exoskeleton-like Walking Assist Device – 2008, in fact – but the first 100 units are finally strolling into broader service in Japan. 100 of the 2.6kg ...

Honda announces the debut of a lease sale program for the Honda Walking Assist Device (HWAD). The program will kick off in Japan, and will most likely extend to the entire world in a matter of years.

April 16, 2009 With increasing numbers of post-war baby boomers beginning to face old age, devices assisting people remain mobile as they grow older will become big business. Honda, which started out ...

11/12/2013 – TORRANCE, Calif. Honda announced today that a clinical research study of its Walking Assist Device has begun at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC). At RIC, physical therapists ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. The Honda Walking Assist Devices attempt to augment human mobility with robotic power. Earlier today I took the futuristic prototypes for an exclusive ...

Honda began research and development of the Walking Assist Device in 1999. As with ASIMO, Honda’s humanoid robot, the Walking Assist Device adopts cooperative control technology that was developed ...

Honda has unveiled a new walking assist device that supports bodyweight and could reduce muscle and joint fatigue for people who stand for long periods of time or perform repetitive tasks that put ...

Honda is demonstrating its prototype walking assist devices for the first time in the U.S. as part of a technical exhibition at the 2009 Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress at Detroit’s ...

Honda’s experimental Walking Assist Device is being showcased at New York’s Smithsonian Institution, with the concept awaiting to amaze visitors until January 2011 as part of the “Why Design Now?” ...

This isn’t the first device we’ve seen that’s meant to help the elderly or crippled walk unassisted, but it’s certainly the most compact and user friendly thus far. Honda will demo the walking assist ...