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04-02-2015, 07:01 AM
Unpowered Exoskeleton Makes Walking Easier (VIDEO)
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Researchers at Carnegie Mellon and **rth Carolina State universities have come up with an unpowered*device that reduces the energy spent on walking, potentially helping folks with limited lower body strength to get back a more natural gait. The device is modeled on the functionality of the calf muscle, which acts like a mechanical clutch that transfers*repeating motion into forward locomotion. It includes a simple spring and a built-in clutch that are coordinated in sync with the person’s natural walking gait. Weighing in at just over a pound (500 grams), thanks to carbon-fiber construction, it’s about the weight of a boot and is natural to wear.
In an initial study, the researchers showed a reduction of seven percent in*metabolic energy consumption when people wore the device compared to **rmal walking. While this might **t sound like much, considering that evolution has spent many millennia perfecting our walking mechanics, it is quite an amazing achievement.
Study in Nature: Reducing the energy cost of human walking using an unpowered exoskeleton… (http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature14288.html)
Source: NC State… (https://news.ncsu.edu/2015/04/device-helps-walking-efficiency/)
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Researchers at Carnegie Mellon and **rth Carolina State universities have come up with an unpowered*device that reduces the energy spent on walking, potentially helping folks with limited lower body strength to get back a more natural gait. The device is modeled on the functionality of the calf muscle, which acts like a mechanical clutch that transfers*repeating motion into forward locomotion. It includes a simple spring and a built-in clutch that are coordinated in sync with the person’s natural walking gait. Weighing in at just over a pound (500 grams), thanks to carbon-fiber construction, it’s about the weight of a boot and is natural to wear.
In an initial study, the researchers showed a reduction of seven percent in*metabolic energy consumption when people wore the device compared to **rmal walking. While this might **t sound like much, considering that evolution has spent many millennia perfecting our walking mechanics, it is quite an amazing achievement.
Study in Nature: Reducing the energy cost of human walking using an unpowered exoskeleton… (http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature14288.html)
Source: NC State… (https://news.ncsu.edu/2015/04/device-helps-walking-efficiency/)
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