Key points from article :
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.