{"id":94961,"date":"2019-08-19T07:42:38","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T14:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/scientists-develop-robotic-shorts-that-make-it-easier-to-walk-and-run"},"modified":"2019-08-19T07:42:38","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T14:42:38","slug":"scientists-develop-robotic-shorts-that-make-it-easier-to-walk-and-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/scientists-develop-robotic-shorts-that-make-it-easier-to-walk-and-run","title":{"rendered":"Scientists develop robotic shorts that make it easier to walk and run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/348390281?byline=0&badge=0&portrait=0&title=0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Harvard University researchers have developed a <a href=\"https:\/\/wyss.harvard.edu\/suit-up-with-a-robot-to-walk-and-run-more-easily\/\">new powered exosuit<\/a> that can make you feel as much as a dozen pounds lighter when walking or running. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/an-innovative-robotic-exosuit-boosts-both-walking-and-running\/\"><em>Scientific American <\/em>reports<\/a> that the 11-pound system, which is built around a pair of flexible shorts and a motor worn on the lower back, could benefit anyone who has to cover large distances by foot, including recreational hikers, military personnel, and rescue workers.<\/p>\n<p>According to the researchers, who have published their findings <a href=\"https:\/\/science.sciencemag.org\/content\/365\/6454\/668\">in the journal <em>Science<\/em><\/a>, this system differs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/10\/17\/well\/move\/a-device-that-makes-running-faster-and-easier.html\">from previous exosuits<\/a> because it\u2019s able to make it easier to both walk and run. The challenge, as shown by a video accompanying the research, is that your legs work very differently depending on whether you\u2019re walking or running. When walking, the team says your center of mass moves like an \u201cinverted pendulum,\u201d while running causes it to move like a \u201cspring-mass system.\u201d The system needs to be able to accommodate both of them, and sense when the wearer\u2019s gait changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harvard University researchers have developed a new powered exosuit that can make you feel as much as a dozen pounds lighter when walking or running. Scientific American reports that the 11-pound system, which is built around a pair of flexible shorts and a motor worn on the lower back, could benefit anyone who has to [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":354,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1499,9,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cyborgs","category-military","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/354"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94961\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}