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While common implementation of the exoskeleton mechanism is “powered suit” with onboard power plant, it suffers low power-to-weight ratio and often fails to inefficacy problem. On the other hand, quasi-passive mechanism can exploit human efficiency further, which can be regarded as a “wearable bicycle”. In this approach, we are developing an exoskeleton mechanism as a hybrid system for improving users’ skills.
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Yamamoto, T., Ishiguro, H. (2014). A Concept of Exoskeleton Mechanism for Skill Enhancement. In: Duff, A., Lepora, N.F., Mura, A., Prescott, T.J., Verschure, P.F.M.J. (eds) Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems. Living Machines 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 8608. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09435-9_58
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