Harvard College

Nicolas Menard

Conor James Walsh

Ye Ding

Ignacio Galiana Bujanda

Danielle L Nathanson

Michael T Rouleau

Jinwon Chung

Tim-Fabian Moser

Wearable devices protect against musculoskeletal injuries and enhance performance. Systems and methods provide wearable devices to assist with human motion during physical activities, such as performing movements (e.g., lifting) and holding static poses (e.g., crouching, or holding a tool while working overhead). Materials, constructions, and system architectures allow the wearable devices to be worn over, under, or integrated into clothing for extended periods of time to improve performance or reduce risk of injury. Sensors may be included in the wearable devices to detect various activities, motions, and postures of the wearer, and various active and semi-active controls approaches may leverage sensor information to provide tailored assistance to individual users. Various controls optimization techniques ensure the wearable devices operate at peak efficiency.

Wearable devices for protecting against musculoskeletal injuries and enhancing performance

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Cambridge, MA, United States of America

Nicolas Menard