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Skin-tight exoskeleton lets users change direction

12-Oct-2017

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Robotic exoskeletons are often used for rehabilitation: they do your walking for you.

A body-hugging robotic suit lets the wearer turn as they walk – a first for this technology.

It’s an important step toward finally letting people take home supportive exosuits after injuries, rather than having to stay in hospital.

The next step is to make this suit easier for the user to control.

The study was published in the IEEE Xplore journal.

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IEEE Xplore

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Stanford University

Private research university, one of the world's leading research and teaching institutions

Steven Collins

Associate Professor at Stanford University.

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