{"id":97958,"date":"2022-10-15T13:57:06","date_gmt":"2022-10-15T13:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/stanfords-robotic-boot-gives-wearers-a-personalized-mobility-boost-techcrunch\/"},"modified":"2022-10-15T13:57:06","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T13:57:06","slug":"stanfords-robotic-boot-gives-wearers-a-personalized-mobility-boost-techcrunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/stanfords-robotic-boot-gives-wearers-a-personalized-mobility-boost-techcrunch\/","title":{"rendered":"Stanford&#8217;s robotic boot gives wearers a personalized mobility boost \u2022 TechCrunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\">Some of the most exciting robotics breakthroughs are happening in the exoskeleton space.  Sure, any robotic system worth its salt has the potential to effect change, but this is one of the categories where such changes can be immediately felt \u2014 specifically, it&#8217;s about improving the lives of people with limited mobility.<\/p>\n<p>A team out of Stanford&#8217;s Biomechatronics Laboratory just published the results of years-long research into the category in Nature.  The project began life \u2014 as these things often do \u2014 through simulations and laboratory work.  The extent of the robot boot&#8217;s real-world testing has thus far been limited to treadmills.  The researchers behind it, however, at readying it for life beyond the lab doors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis exoskeleton personalizes assistance as people walk normally through the real world,\u201d lab head Steve Collins said in a release.  \u201cAnd it resulted in exceptional improvements in walking speed and energy economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Stanford exoskeleton walks out into the real world\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-vTk-TRN0C8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The principle behind the boot is similar to what drives a number of these systems.  Rather than attempting to walk for the wearer, it provides assistance, lowering some of the resistance and friction that come with mobility impairments.  Where the lab says their approach differs, however, is in the machine learning models it uses to \u201cpersonalize\u201d the push it gives to the calf muscle.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2424360\" style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2424360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Image Credits:<\/strong> Kurt Hickman<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The researchers like the assistance to removing a \u201c30-pound backpack\u201d from the user.  Collins adds:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Optimized assistance allowed people to walk 9% faster with 17% less energy expanded per distance traveled, compared to walking in normal shoes.  These are the largest improvements in the speed and energy of economy walking of any exoskeleton to date.  In direct comparisons on a treadmill, our exoskeleton provides about twice the reduction in effort of previous devices.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Those kinds of numbers are delivered, in part, from the emulators that provide the foundation for much of the research.  The boot is the culmination of around 20 years of research at the lab, and now the team is working to commercialize the project, with plans to bring it to market in \u201cthe next few years.\u201d  They&#8217;re also developing variations on the hardware to help improve balance and reduce joint pain.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of the most exciting robotics breakthroughs are happening in the exoskeleton space. Sure, any robotic system worth its salt has the potential to effect change, but this is one of the categories where such changes can be immediately felt \u2014 specifically, it&#8217;s about improving the lives of people with limited mobility. A team out &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/stanfords-robotic-boot-gives-wearers-a-personalized-mobility-boost-techcrunch\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Stanford&#8217;s robotic boot gives wearers a personalized mobility boost \u2022 TechCrunch<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":95339,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/exoskeleton-boot-that-enables-the-wearer-to-walk-9-faster-with-17-less-effort\/","url_meta":{"origin":97958,"position":0},"title":"Exoskeleton BOOT that enables the wearer to walk 9% faster with 17% less effort","date":"October 13, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"An exoskeleton boot that enables the wearer to walk 9 per cent faster than with normal shoes, and with 17 per cent less effort, has been revealed by scientists. 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