Harvard University’s Biodesign Lab Collaboration

Harvard’s Wyss Institute researchers visited the Civil and Mechanical Engineering Department at USMA to begin pilot work on a collaborative research study on power exosuits. This research project will investigate the effects of training on the efficacy of a power exosuit during loading walking. Biomechanical and physiological measurements of energy expenditure will be collected over 8 weeks of training, to help inform future design and evaluation protocols. This prototype has been developed as part of DARPA’s Warrior Web program and is designed to assist the lower extremities during dismounted loaded troop movements. Study testing begins the week following spring leave and will continue until the end of the semester.