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Can you build a soft, exo-robot as a wearable orthosis to provide assistance during both rehabilitation and activities of daily living? Can this same device also be used as a therapeutic device by tuning to anti-assistance mode, providing more meaningful therapy to the user? Can this device be taken a step further to provide assistance or anti-assistance as needed based on the user’s preference? Can all of this be achieved using passive actuators? The secret is to use networks of springs, and a structural optimization algorithm that tells us how to build the device.
Team Members
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- Valentino Wilson
- James Patton, PhD
- Courtney Celian, MS, OTR/L
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