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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2015
Sri International, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Roy David Kornbluh, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Alexander Steele Kernbaum, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Thomas Low, Belmont, CA (US);
Katherine Goss Witherspoon, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brian Keith McCoy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Adam Arnold Edward Ziemba, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Paul Michael Birkmeyer, Redwood City, CA (US);
Richard M. Mahoney, Los Altos, CA (US);
SRI International, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
A flexible exosuit includes rigid and flexible elements configured to couple forces to a body of a wearer. Further, the flexible exosuit includes flexible linear actuators and clutched compliance elements to apply and/or modulate forces and/or compliances between segments of the body of the wearer. The flexible exosuit further includes electronic controllers, power sources and sensors. The flexible exosuit can be configured to apply forces to the body of the wearer to enable a variety of applications. In some examples, the flexible exosuit can be configured to augment the physical strength or endurance of the wearer. In some examples, the flexible exosuit can be configured to train the wearer to perform certain physical tasks. In some examples, the flexible exosuit can be configured to record physical activities of the wearer.