Harvard College

Michael Wehner

Conor James Walsh

Robert J Dyer

Alan Thomas Asbeck

Ye Ding

Ignacio Galiana Bujanda

Diana A Wagner

Arnar Freyr Larusson

Brendan Thomas Quinlivan

Kai Schmidt

Robert J Wood

Nicholas W Bartlett

Tommaso Ranzani

Sheila Russo

Robert Joseph Dyer

In at least one aspect, there is provided a system for generating force about one or more joints including a soft exosuit having a plurality of anchor elements and at least one connection element disposed between the plurality of anchor elements. The system also includes at least one sensor to determine a force the at least one connection element or at least one of the plurality of anchor elements and to output signals relating to the force, at least one actuator configured to change a tension in the soft exosuit and at least one controller configured to receive the signals output from the at least one sensor and actuate the at least one actuator responsive to the received signals.

Soft exosuit for assistance with human motion

Systems and methods for fabricating 3D soft microstructures. The system comprises injecting a pressurized, curable liquid into certain structural layers induces folding and allows the 2D structures to reconfigure into a 3D form In addition to the injection of a curable liquid that permanently reconfigures the structure of the system, in an embodiment this method also allows for the injection of other liquids into certain actuator layers that enable motion in certain portions of the system Furthermore, the system allows for handling of colored fluids that are passed to visualization layers. The method of creating such a system depends on taking advantage of laser machining of the individual layers to influence the behavior of how different portions bend and move.

Systems and methods for fabricating 3D soft microstructures

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Berkeley, CA, United States of America

Michael Wehner