Invention Awards 2014: A Powerful, Portable, And Affordable Robotic Exoskeleton
• popsci.com Surviving a stroke or debilitating injury is often the start of a very long ordeal. Physical therapy can be slow and strenuous with no guarantee of recovery. Robotic exoskeletons can sometimes provide the support a ravaged body needs to heal—and strength when it can’t—but they typically cost more than a car and must be anchored to a wall and plugged into a socket.
In late 2012, a team of mechanical engineering students at University of Pennsylvania set out to build a portable, affordable exoskeleton.
