The exoskeleton expansion: improving walking and running economy

• Published in: Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 25 - 9
• Main Authors: Sawicki, Gregory S., Beck, Owen N., Kang, Inseung, Young, Aaron J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 19.02.2020; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Actuators; Ambulation aids; Ankle; Assistive devices; Biomechanical Phenomena; Control equipment; Cost analysis; Design and construction; Economics; Energetic; Exoskeleton; Exoskeleton Device - trends; Exoskeletons; Human performance; Humans; Legs; Lower Extremity - physiology; Male; Marathons; Medical research; Metabolic cost; Metabolism; Mobility; Physiological aspects; Physiology; Researchers; Review; Robotics; Robotics - instrumentation; Robotics industry; Run; Running; Running - physiology; Technological innovations; Technology; Walk; Walking; Walking - physiology; Wearable robotics; Weeds; United States; Augmentation; Walk; Economy; Energetic; Wearable robotics; Run; Assistive devices; Metabolic cost

Since the early 2000s, researchers have been trying to develop lower-limb exoskeletons that augment human mobility by reducing the metabolic cost of walking and running versus without a device. In 2013, researchers finally broke this ‘metabolic cost barrier’. We analyzed the literature through Decem...