An exoskeleton without a heap of iron, or an ex-costume from DARPA
How to make an exoskeleton easy and convenient?
What do you think when you hear the word "exoskeleton"? Most likely, about the Iron Man or about the bulky constructions connected to the electrical network and equipped with burly machine guns. In any case, I have these thoughts - the first. But in this case it is not an exoskeleton, but an exosuit. Basically it is made of cloth and it is very light. DARPA has now poured nearly three million dollars into this project through the Warrior Web program.
In fact, the exocosuit will act approximately like real muscles, helping the person's legs to exert effort in the right directions while walking. Put on the device like regular pants. Now the main task of the developers is to reproduce the movements of the user's muscles as fully as possible so that the person feels comfortable in these clothes, so that she really facilitates his movements. This is possible due to correctly located strips of fabric with built-in flexible sensors controlled by a microprocessor with low power consumption, which is very important for combat conditions.
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This project falls under the DARPA Warrior Web program, as this program is designed to prevent soldiers from being injured. So when the project is finalized, it can get to the US military.
In fact, after all this, I am interested in this question: what is it that is being done in Russia?
What do you think when you hear the word "exoskeleton"? Most likely, about the Iron Man or about the bulky constructions connected to the electrical network and equipped with burly machine guns. In any case, I have these thoughts - the first. But in this case it is not an exoskeleton, but an exosuit. Basically it is made of cloth and it is very light. DARPA has now poured nearly three million dollars into this project through the Warrior Web program.
In fact, the exocosuit will act approximately like real muscles, helping the person's legs to exert effort in the right directions while walking. Put on the device like regular pants. Now the main task of the developers is to reproduce the movements of the user's muscles as fully as possible so that the person feels comfortable in these clothes, so that she really facilitates his movements. This is possible due to correctly located strips of fabric with built-in flexible sensors controlled by a microprocessor with low power consumption, which is very important for combat conditions.
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This project falls under the DARPA Warrior Web program, as this program is designed to prevent soldiers from being injured. So when the project is finalized, it can get to the US military.
In fact, after all this, I am interested in this question: what is it that is being done in Russia?
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/236627/
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