摘要：Weakness of the musculoskeletal system can cause movement
problems that decrease the quality of life of a person. This
weakness may be the result of genetic disorders, a neurological
condition or injury, or simply healthy ageing. Unfortunately,
many of these conditions cannot be healed with the current
state of medical care available. As a result, the best option to
regain mobility is the use of assistive technologies. Over the
past few years, new wearable devices have been developed
with the hope of assisting users in their everyday lives [1-3].
In this article, we describe the Myosuit (Figure 1)—a device
inspired by the human musculoskeletal system and designed to
provide its wearer with assistance across activities of daily life
such as walking, sitting transfers, and stair negotiation.
The Myosuit is new and unique lightweight system designed
to provide its wearer with continuous assistance while
performing activities of daily life. It is a textile-based garment?like device that weighs in at under 5kg. The continuous
assistance is made possible by novel algorithms and sensing
technology that regulate the assistive forces and go beyond
small bursts of forces—applied during specific phases of
walking—and are instead be applied throughout the users’
movements. The Myosuit is, to our knowledge, the lightest
wearable robot to assist users across most of the key activities
of daily life.
