Robot physio to revolutionise healing

US boffins have created a robot physiotherapist which they claim can revolutionise stroke patients' healing process.

The scientists working at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed 30-inch tall robot called InMotion2 which can help patients to gain back the use of their limbs after a serious illness, such as stroke.

The InMotion2 can move the patient's arm even though he or she is unable to do so, which means the muscle will still get the exercise it needs.

The researchers said the robo-physio will be a lot cheaper than going through human physiotherapy.

However, as the robot relies on human programmers to plan the patient's exercise routine, it looks unlikely InMotion2 is going to make too many physiotherapists redundant.