Exoskeleton summary

[Johnny 5]

And, finally, here's something interesting:

A Soft Pneumatic Exoskeleton was developed in the Wearables Studio at ITP, NYU). Seems the work is done by Che-Wei Wang

The system is a soft and lightweight wearable pneumatic muscle suit for the lower extremities.



Pneumatic muscles are a relatively recent development in air powered actuation, lead by the Shadow Robot Company, and FESTO Corporation.

Some excellent further info here!

[Markus Waibel]

We have previously reported on the rapid progress of exoskeletons, including prototypes by Cyberdyne, Tokyo University and Honda (see previous posts in this thread).

Now electronics giant Panasonic has also completed a prototype of an exoskeleton. At 230kg the "Power Loader" is a heavyweight, but its eighteen electric motors allow to lift payloads of more than 100kg using intuitive force feedback control. Panasonic hopes to commercialize the suit within the next 5 years.

For some more info head over to BotJunkie