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Exoskeleton Adapts While It’s Worn

27-Jul-2017

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New approach improves endurance by lowering the wearer’s energy exertion.

Software-controlled ankle brace reduces the effort needed to walk for people with physical impairments.

Exoskeleton movements must be tuned to provide precisely the timing and power the wearer needs.

Otherwise human and exoskeleton can get in each other’s way, canceling out the gains.

The studies were published in the Science and Science Translational Medicine journals.

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Carnegie Mellon University

Private research university known for its exceptional computer science and engineering programs

Science

Peer-reviewed academic online journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Science Translational Medicine

Journal that publish papers with topics related to translational medicine

Steven Collins

Associate Professor at Stanford University.

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Exoskeleton