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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2016
Roam Robotics Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Brenton Piercy, San Francisco, CA (US);
Tim Swift, Albany, CA (US);
Giancarlo Nucci, San Francisco, CA (US);
Callum Lamb, San Bruno, CA (US);
Pete Lynn, Oakland, CA (US);
Saul Griffith, San Francisco, CA (US);
Leanne Luce, San Francisco, CA (US);
ROAM ROBOTICS INC., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A lower-leg exoskeleton including an inflatable actuator that is configured to be worn over a front portion of a foot of a user; a rigid foot structure coupled to the inflatable actuator that is configured to surround a portion of a foot of the user; and a rigid shin structure coupled to the inflatable actuator and configured to engage the shin of the user. When worn by a user, the lower-leg exoskeleton can receive and transmit an actuator load generated by the inflatable actuator to a load contact point defined by the rigid foot structure which is forward of the heel of a user. Inflation of the inflatable actuator can generate a moment about the ankle of a user to cause flexion of the foot of the user.