A Quasi-Passive Leg Exoskeleton for Load-Carrying Augmentation

By Conor James Walsh, Ken Endo, Hugh M. Herr. Int. J. Humanoid Robotics, 2007

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Recent developments and challenges of lower extremity exoskeletons (2015, methodology): “…by Wehner et al [48] at Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, USA) to augment normal muscle function in healthy individuals; and an under-actuated leg exoskeleton for load-carrying augmentation was developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Laboratory (Cambridge, MA, USA) [49,50].”
Assistance magnitude versus metabolic cost reductions for a tethered multiarticular soft exosuit (2017, background): “Some of these devices comprise rigid linkages that span the entire lower limb and apply assistive torques to offset net muscle-tendon moments about the wearer’s joints; however, such designs were found to increase energy expenditure, because they restricted natural gait dynamics and added large dist”
A biologically inspired soft exosuit for walking assistance (2015, background): “These devices off-load the wearer, bypassing their musculature (Garcia et al., 2002; Kazerooni and Steger, 2006; Walsh et al., 2007).”
Wearable soft sensing suit for human gait measurement (2014, background): “…evolution from rigid exoskeletons with rigid actuators (Yagn, 1890; Makinson, 1971; Kawamoto et al., 2003; Pratt et al., 2004; Guizzo and Goldstein, 2005; Kazerooni and Steger, 2006; Walsh et al., 2007) to rigid exoskeletons with soft pneumatic actuators (Yamamoto et al., 2003; Tsuji et al., 2013).”
Autonomous exoskeleton reduces metabolic cost of human walking during load carriage (2014, methodology): “Six studies were found that reported both metabolic results and applied mechanical power [9,10,12,20,22,35].”
Review of assistive strategies in powered lower-limb orthoses and exoskeletons (2015, methodology): “Nowadays they are addressed as tools to relieve the repetitive and heavy rehabilitation work of physical therapists while improving the (neurological or orthopedic) patient's recovery efficacy – Loko- Mat [4], LOPES [5]; they are also aiming to help paraplegic or quadriplegic people to regain locomo”