An ambitious group of Harvard researchers is developing a soft exosuit and harbor some grand ambitions for their high-tech mobility aid. Making use of soft and comfortable fabrics, the lightweight wearable robot could one day help sufferers of strokes, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease and even healthy soldiers that carry heavy loads, to move with more freedom. But before that can happen, the team needs to quantify how much energy exactly the suit is capable of saving. In a newly published study, the team has taken another step toward their lofty goal, isolating the suit's load-bearing benefits and determining that a tethered version can result in energy savings of almost 23 percent.
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