Exosuit

Stroke

Soft exosuit improves walking speed and endurance for stroke survivors

In 2017, researchers demonstrated a soft robotic exosuit designed to help stroke patients improve their mobility. Now an untethered version of the lightweight ankle-assisting device has been shown to increase walking speed and distance.

The soft exosuit is reckoned to be the first untethered device to offer mobility assistance for both walking and running

Robotics

Hip-high soft exosuit provides walk or run assist

Wearable mobility robots can be big and heavy, but they have the potential to help those who can't move to walk again or make light work of heavy objects. Harvard's Wyss Institute has revealed a soft exosuit that's lightweight and portable, and can provide both walking and running assistance.

The Wyss Institute team team imagines a raft of uses for its adaptive exosuit

Robotics

Soft wearable exosuit automatically tunes its assistance levels on the fly

A team of scientists at Harvard’s Wyss Institute has just presented its latest creation in the field of robotic exoskeletons, a fully wearable soft exosuit that automatically tweaks its level of assistance on the fly.