image: Exoskeletons are worn on both ankles while an optimization algorithm automatically customizes their control so as to improve energy economy for individual users. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the June 23, 2017, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by J. Zhang at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA, and colleagues was titled, 'Human-in-the-loop optimization of exoskeleton assistance during walking.' view more
Credit: Kirby Witte, Katie Poggensee, Pieter Fiers, Patrick Franks and Steve Collins