A study led by researchers from Vanderbilt University's Center for Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology reveals a breakthrough tool to assess the effect of exoskeletons on injury risk.
Nov 30, 2021
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Exoskeletons—wearable devices used by workers on assembly lines or in warehouses to alleviate stress on their lower backs—may compete with valuable resources in the brain while people work, canceling out the physical ...
Jul 22, 2021
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A team of New Jersey researchers has shown that gait training using robotic exoskeletons improved motor function in adolescents and young adults with acquired brain injury. The article, "Kinetic gait changes after robotic ...
Dec 15, 2020
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"Oh, my aching back."
Apr 26, 2022
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Wearable exoskeletons are increasingly being used in physically demanding jobs to support good ergonomics and augment muscular strength. In ground-breaking studies led by researchers at Tampere University and LUT University ...
Nov 10, 2020
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U.S. health regulators have approved a first-of-a-kind set of robotic leg braces that can help some disabled people walk again.
Jun 26, 2014
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A team of physical therapists strapped the robot onto him, one hit a button and with a faint electronic whir, David Ayscue was suddenly 6 feet tall again.
Oct 2, 2012
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TWIN is the name of the new robotic exoskeleton for lower limbs, designed and developed by Rehab Technologies IIT—INAIL, the joint laboratory between the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute of Technology) ...
Feb 23, 2024
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The concept of a powered exoskeleton has been discussed widely in the context of science fiction and in industry where a human operator exploits robotic components that allow them to wield much greater strength in lifting ...
Nov 25, 2020
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Robotic technology is helping Doug Eckhoff recover from a spinal cord injury caused by a motorcycle crash that, a decade or so earlier, might have left him unable to walk.
Jun 14, 2016
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