Exoskeletons that Minimize Metabolic Cost

The race is on to realize practical, comfortable, and effective exoskeleton designs that significantly reduce the effort required to walk, run, and more. Grounded in first principles, and combining emulation-based methods with human-in-the-loop optimization, the Stanford Biomechatronics Lab is leading the charge, having realized massive 50% reductions in some conditions. Stay tuned to this page as Steve Collins and his team continue to raise the bar on what is possible, including translating these methods into real-world portable systems by leveraging the massive data set they’ve built via emulation experiments.