Weekly Tech Article 5/13

Exosuit Helps You Lift Heavy Loads

• If you´re a soldier, a firefighter or a hiker, a new soft robotic suit could one day help you carry hefty loads.
• The wearable robot reduces the amount of energy used while carrying a heavy weight by about 7 percent.
• It also reduced the amount of work done by the knee, hip and ankle joints.
• Users simply have to put on a waist belt, two thigh pieces and two calf straps, which are connected by cables to two motors on a backpack. The motors' energy travels through the cables to the suit, and is then transferred back to the person.

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