Reducing the metabolic cost of running with a tethered soft exosuit

G. Lee; J. Kim; F. A. Panizzolo; Y. M. Zhou; L. M. Baker; I. Galiana; P. Malcolm; C. J. Walsh

doi:10.1126/scirobotics.aan6708

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Reducing the metabolic cost of running with a tethered soft exosuit

View ORCID ProfileG. Lee¹,²,
View ORCID ProfileJ. Kim¹,²,*,
F. A. Panizzolo¹,²,*,
View ORCID ProfileY. M. Zhou¹,²,
L. M. Baker¹,²,
I. Galiana¹,²,
View ORCID ProfileP. Malcolm³,¹,† and
View ORCID ProfileC. J. Walsh¹,²,†

¹John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
²Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
³Department of Biomechanics and Center for Research in Human Movement Variability, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, USA.

↵†Corresponding authors. Email: walsh{at}seas.harvard.edu (C.J.W.); pmalcolm{at}unomaha.edu (P.M.)

↵* These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Science Robotics 31 May 2017:
Vol. 2, Issue 6, eaan6708
DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.aan6708

G. Lee

1John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

2Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

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J. Kim

1John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

2Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

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F. A. Panizzolo

1John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

2Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

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Y. M. Zhou

1John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

2Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

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L. M. Baker

1John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

2Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

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I. Galiana

1John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

2Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

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P. Malcolm

3Department of Biomechanics and Center for Research in Human Movement Variability, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, USA.

1John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

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For correspondence: walsh@seas.harvard.edu pmalcolm@unomaha.edu

C. J. Walsh

1John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

2Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

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For correspondence: walsh@seas.harvard.edu pmalcolm@unomaha.edu

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Assisting hip extension with a tethered exosuit and a simulation-optimized force profile reduces metabolic cost of running.

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Reducing the metabolic cost of running with a tethered soft exosuit

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