Wyss Institute, ReWalk Collaborate on Wearable Exosuits for Limited Mobility
  Patients
From: Medical Design Technology - 05/17/2016

The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard
University has entered into a collaboration with ReWalk Robotics Ltd., to
accelerate the development of the Institute’s lightweight, wearable soft
exosuit technologies for assisting people with lower limb disabilities. The
agreement with ReWalk will help speed the design of assistive exosuits that
could help patients suffering from stroke and multiple sclerosis (MS) to
regain mobility.

The soft exosuit - which is a soft wearable robot that is the first of its
kind - was developed at the Wyss Institute by Conor Walsh, PhD (a Core
Faculty Member at the Wyss Institute, the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of
Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard John A. Paulson School of
Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Founder of the Harvard Biodesign Lab)
and his team through extensive prototyping that included the involvement of
roboticists, mechanical and biomechanical engineers, apparel designers, and
software engineers.

Using form-fitting, fabric-based designs that are lightweight and
non-restrictive, the Wyss Institute's soft exosuit uses compact, powerful
actuators packaged in a belt to provide assistance to the wearer's legs in a
physiologically relevant manner. These enhanced movements have the potential
to assist wearers in walking with greater stability and metabolic efficiency,
which could prevent injury and reduce fatigue.

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Links:
Soft Exosuit
http://wyss.harvard.edu/viewpage/456

Wyss Institute Collaborating with ReWalk Robotics to Develop Soft Exosuit
http://www.rehabpub.com/2016/05/wyss-institute-collaborating-rewalk-robotics-develop-soft-exosuit