Kickstart mechanical orthosis puts a spring in your step, no batteries required

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Like Honda’s Stride Walking Assist and the ReWalk, the Kickstart from Cadence Biomedical is designed to help improve the gait of people who have difficulty walking and help them regain their mobility and independence. But unlike its robotic cousins that are powered by weighty rechargeable batteries, the Kickstart is able to ditch the batteries altogether because it has no motors to power. Instead, it is purely mechanical and provides assistance by storing and releasing kinetic energy generated by a person when walking... Continue Reading Kickstart mechanical orthosis puts a spring in your step, no batteries required

Section: Health and Wellbeing

Tags: Exoskeleton, Kinetic Energy, Mechanical, Wearable

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