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Development of a lower limb multi-joint assistance soft exosuit

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by NSFC-Shenzhen Robotics Research Center Project (Grant No. U1613219), Shenzhen Overseas Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research Program (Grant No. KQJSCX20170731164301774), Shenzhen Science and Technology Project (Grant No. JCYJ20180302145539583), Shenzhen Fundamental Research Program (Grant No. JCYJ20160429184226930), and Shenzhen Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics for Society. The authors would like to thank all the volunteers participated in our experiments.

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  1. Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Robotics and Intelligent System, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, China

    Xinyu Wu, Kai Fang, Chunjie Chen & Yu Zhang

  2. SIAT Branch, Shenzhen Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics for Society, Shenzhen, 518055, China

    Xinyu Wu

  3. CAS Key Laboratory of Human-Machine-Intelligence Synergic Systems, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China

    Xinyu Wu, Kai Fang, Chunjie Chen & Yu Zhang

  4. Shenzhen College of Advanced Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, China

    Kai Fang

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Wu, X., Fang, K., Chen, C. et al. Development of a lower limb multi-joint assistance soft exosuit. Sci. China Inf. Sci. 63, 170207 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11432-019-2812-7

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