Exoskeleton

A man was met with an unexpected sight after leaving his shoes outside in Florida—finding dozens of bugs had moved in. The Everglades resident made the big mistake of leaving his sneakers outside his house, soon after it rained. When he went to retrieve them, he found scores of millipedes—tightly…

A team of researchers has shown that physical intervention plans that included exoskeleton-assisted walking helped people with spinal cord injury evacuate more efficiently and improved the consistency of their stool. The authors of the new article in Journal of Clinical Medicine are Peter H. Gorman, MD, of the University of…

A team of multiple sclerosis (MS) experts at Kessler Foundation led the first pilot randomized controlled trial of robotic-exoskeleton assisted exercise rehabilitation (REAER) effects on mobility, cognition, and brain connectivity in people with substantial MS-related disability. Their results showed that REAER is likely an effective intervention, and is a promising…

Store energy and save energyMany devices have been developed to harvest energy from walking or running, but their use often comes at cost to the wearer in the form of increased metabolic demand. Shepertycky et al. designed a device that can harvest mechanical energy from a natural walking gait and…

1of21An adult cicada flies from a clover flower in Washington, Wednesday, May 12, 2021.Carolyn Kaster/APShow MoreShow Less 2of21The wings of an adult cicada are silhouetted by a distant street light in Chevy Chase, Md., Thursday, May 13, 2021.Carolyn Kaster/APShow MoreShow Less 3of21 4of21Dr. Zoe Getman-Pickering, a postdoctoral scientist at George…

Baby animals are often adorable, but this belies the fact that many are born with some pretty intense survival skills. This is especially true for creatures that don’t nurture their young since newborns have to fend for themselves as soon as they are brought into the world. A new study…

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IMAGE: Someone using an exoskeleton leg capable of thinking and moving on its own using sophisticated artificial intelligence technology approaches a stairs view more  Credit: University of Waterloo Robotics researchers are developing exoskeletons and prosthetic legs capable of thinking and making control decisions on their own using sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI)…