Exoskeleton Report — Technology
Not Safe for Work: Reducing Pain and Injury With Exoskeletons
In today’s workforce status quo, certain jobs inevitably come with a higher risk for bodily injury. Warehouse operators, construction workers, health care workers, agricultural workers, and many essential jobs require lifting, bending, and repetitive movement that can strain the back and body.
Side-to-side leg movement is important in walking, but most exoskeletons only assist sagittal motions.
Our new hip exo has control of both flexion-extension and ad/abduction torques, which we’ll use to study balance. w/ Vince Chiu & @MichaelRaitor in TMRB.
Interesting #hip #exoskeleton powered by #Caplex in action at @UNOmaha.
Philippe Malcolm, Arash Mohammadzadeh Gonabadi & the @UNOBiomechanics team are exploring a hybrid exosuit/exoskeleton design to assist folks with peripheral artery disease walk with less effort. #Biomechanics
Inspiring video of @Stanford’s hip-knee-ankle #exoskeleton #emulator that’s powered & controlled by #Caplex hardware!
They’re working towards reducing the metabolic cost of various gaits with this comfortable & compliant device. @StanfordEng @StevenHCollins @g_m_bryan @p_franks_
@UNOmaha developed a system using #Caplex that applies precisely-controlled forward linear impulses to the center of mass during walking
Our friends at … (up to ~15% bodyweight). Looking forward to future #biomechanics studies and new #rehabilitation approaches! #AssistiveTech Learn more in this recently published article in @TNSRE1: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9078836
Characterizing the Comfort Limits of Applied Forces To Inform Exosuit Design
Exoskeleton Report — Technology
Humotech Onboard, Vol 1(3) September, 2019
Caplex EXO-005 is our new lightweight, high-performance tethered ankle exoskeleton. Its sleeker, form-fitting design accommodates more dynamic movement so you can explore your research questions at higher speeds, over uneven terrain, or even outdoors! (Spoiler alert: portable Caplex coming soon!)