ExoNET

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Can you build a minimally-actuated exo-robot as a wearable orthosis? Maybe one that is most simply built out of springs? It may not do everything, but what can you do? The secret is to allow networks of springs, and structural optimization algorithm that tells us how to build it.

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• B. Malizia, P. Ryali and J. Patton (2020) 8th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference for Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob)
• P. Ryali, T. et al., (2020)  8th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference for Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob)

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• James Patton, PhD
• Courtney Celian, MS, OTR/L

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