Startup with rehab robot aims for next level with crowdfunding drive
CR2-Haptic is geared toward those who've suffered stroke, worrying mind harm, and many others. Startup hopes crowdfunding will allow it to donate one unit, commercialise the gadget MALAYSIAN startup TechCare Innovation Sdn Bhd hopes to take its rehabilitation robotics device from studies to the market with a pledge drive on pitchIN, the home equal of Kickstarter. The agency’s Compact Rehabilitation Robot (CR2) is a sequence of robotics systems developed for rehabilitation training, or basically as physiotherapy aids. TechCare itself is a by-product company from UTM (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia), where the system is being evolved. Its today's iteration, CR2-Haptic, is aimed toward those who have suffered strokes, stressful brain accidents or other neurological problems resulting in hand and arm impairment. It is designed to educate forearm, wrist and basic ‘activity of daily dwelling’ (ADL) moves, according to TechCare Innovation. It is one of 20 projects launche...