Posted on 10/06/2023 5:01:44 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
Researchers at the School of Mechanical Engineering at Chung-Ang University in South Korea have developed a lightweight exosuit that enhances a human’s natural ability to sprint, paving the way for a more robust medical rehabilitation process and helping people with mobility issues and concerns.
Designed to be a seamless extension of the human body, this exosuit aids in sprinting, a fundamental human ability. Exosuits are made of soft, flexible fabrics, and unlike their cousin technology, the exoskeleton, they have minimal supporting structures. Exoskeletons are more rigid, usually designed to provide support with weight-bearing. Exosuits, however, work to allow for increased human movement using natural processes with robotic support.
This particular exosuit is constructed with a unique, lightweight system that assists wearers in extending their hips during high-intensity running. It applies a subtle tensile force parallel to the hip extensor, allowing for a natural, unobstructed sprinting motion. Wearers can experience enhanced energy efficiency and maintain optimal performance for extended periods. In straightforward terms, the exosuit opens the body’s hips up more and aids in the spring-back motion of the hips during running, allowing the runner to use less energy.
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With a small test group of nine untrained runners, each participant was trained on the exosuit for 3 minutes and had multiple attempts to run on a treadmill to become used to the suit. They then ran multiple 100-meter and 200-meter sprints on an outdoor track with and without the exosuit. The results, on average, saw the runners shave 0.97 seconds off their 200-meter dash when wearing the exosuit versus without it.
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Occasionally, it rips the wearer’s pelvis in half, but you know what they say, ‘no pain, no gain.’
Sort of like Robert Heinlein “Starship Troopers.
Can’t wait for the Exogames to begin.
Who will be the first guy to demand to be able to use it in a women’s race?
You raise a good point by implication. What if this makes women faster because of their unique pelvic structure? They can claim to be bionic men for a day and compete in men’s races (and win).
I didn't see a projected cost for this but come on guys, a whole 0.97 seconds is hardly ground breaking. You can probably pick up 0.97 of a second just having the wind at your back.
This could be used in the NFL to even out the demographics. If it also makes you taller, it could help with the NVA as well.
Damn. I always thought exosuits were the stupidest part of comic books. They’re real?
Justin Hammer’s suit in Ironman 2…
Meh. 1 second faster on the 200m. Didn’t realize I was so close to being the fastest human.
I prefer the All Drug Olympics…
+1
Is that Bumblebee after living in the US for a decade?
Looks morbidly obese…
Shaving .97 seconds off of your 200m time will have the vast majority of humans losing to professional T&F guys.
Somehow I have never seen, or heard of, that.
Looks like the same animation as GI Joe…
I used to watch GI Joe, Transformers, Star Blazers, Robotech, etc.
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