Compliant Actuation for Human Performance Augmentation
One way to imagine human augmentation is to consider an energetically active robot that supplements muscle power with external energy. Another way to imagine human augmentation is to consider solely human-powered energetically passive devices; two examples are bicycles and ice skates. In this talk, I will discuss the hidden potential of an emerging human-powered compliant actuation concept, and its potential to enable the creation of energetically passive human augmentation devices. Read more about the event and the speakers here.