would yall wear the elderly robot tail

[josephmeyer@c.im]

@kaiiak I’m nearly 70 and fell recently on a hiking trail upon tripping, bruising my shoulder and thigh, and possibly breaking a pinkie finger. I hike about 5 miles almost daily and fall once every couple of years. Although this recent fall hurt and shook me up, I would rather risk falling again than wear a tail. I have a walking stick and don’t even carry it because of the inconvenience, but I might reconsider it at some point.

[writerofminds@sigmoid.social]

@kaiiak Would! That thing is stylish. And I'd rather an extra appendage than a cane, if it actually helps.

[piggo@piggo.space]

@uint8_t @kaiiak only see silly 6 year old prototypes and then AI videos. However I found a video of a "japanese robotic cat" that is a cushion with a moving tail

[Gæst]

My cane says "this is actually my 4th leg". As a 48 year old, I'd absolutely trade the cane for this tail, and get a tattoo that says, "this is actually my 2nd tail". ️‍⚧️

@kaiiak

[c64whiz@oldbytes.space]

@kaiiak

No. One pretty lady and it becomes a lethal weapon whipping from side to side.

[rivercityrandom@bitbang.social]

@kaiiak I welcome our #cyborg dinosaur overlords

[delilahtech@tech.lgbt]

@kaiiak
In a fucking heartbeat

[angiebaby@mas.to]

@kaiiak I would save up for the full set of mecha gear before I wore it out.

[goes2hard@labyrinth.zone]

@kaiiak yo do you have a link to the article associated with this little headline image ?? Or do you know if this was ever actually deployed on older people??
The picture in the circle on the top left of the image is from this paper at Keio University from 2019 which is cool but I've seen not much on if the tech ever went anywhere: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3306214.3338573

the paper is open access so its totally freely available for reading

[draconic_neo@pawb.fun]

@c64whiz
I don't think it can wag, or be voluntarily controlled in any way unfortunately.

@kaiiak

[draconic_neo@pawb.fun]

@marceline
It seems like it's just a prototype so probably not for a while. And even then it'll likely be a prescription type thing.

@kaiiak

[kaiiak@madverse.city]

@Draconic_NEO @marceline
It's only a matter of time before some nerd open sources the design and makes it 3d printable

[draconic_neo@pawb.fun]

@kaiiak
Kind of like those prosthetic hands which were promoted a while back? I forgot what they were called exactly but their whole thing was open source and 3d printable.

@marceline

[foxysen@social.mootech.eu]

@kaiiak oh finally something to look for on my journey to eldery

[ghouston@mamot.fr]

@ClaireH @kaiiak I thought there may be a video, and found this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr1-IhEhXYQ

[draconic_neo@pawb.fun]

@number6
Weight is an issue but probably isn't as big of an issue as you might think. Battery tech has come a long way, and likely will improve with time as well.

@kaiiak

[oheso@ieji.de]

@kaiiak @Lizette603_23 Not on the train, but maybe at Yoyogi Koen

[geeksam@ruby.social]

@kaiiak @lurkjay ...can I sit on it when I get tired?

[bunnyhero@timeloop.cafe]

@kaiiak i want mechagodzilla tail please

[ki@chaos.social]

@kaiiak
yes