Walking and running require different gaits, with each type of motion putting a greater bias on different muscles and joints. We developed a soft, fully portable, lightweight exosuit that is able to reduce the metabolic rate for both running and walking by assisting each motion via the hip extension. A waist belt holds most of the mass, thus reducing the cost of carrying the suit. By tracking the motion of the user, the suit is able to switch modes between the two types of motion automatically.

An autonomous multi-joint soft exosuit for gait assistance, particularly designed for walking. The soft exosuit assists with ankle plantarflexion, hip flexion, and hip extension, and the suit was designed to equally distribute the forces between hip flexion and ankle plantarflexion.

A modular off-board actuation system with mono-articular hip exosuit, enabling the instantaneous assistive profile modification of magnitude, shape, and timing during walking and running.

A soft exosuit for gait assistance is rebooted with advanced technologies. The CAU exosuit contains pulley embedded type compact actuators with more accurate and versatile assistive strategies. In addition, the all-in-one suit design integrating all electronic components further improves usability, even wearing under daily clothing.