How to run 50% faster without external energy.
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 32232147.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1126/sciadv.aay1950 and PMC identifier 7096173.
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Abstract
Technological innovations may enable next-generation running shoes to provide unprecedented mobility. But how could a running shoe increase the speed of motion without providing external energy? We found that the top speed of running may be increased more than 50% using a catapult-like exoskeleton device, which does not provide external energy. Our finding uncovers the hidden potential of human performance augmentation via unpowered robotic exoskeletons. Our result may lead to a new-generation of augmentation devices developed for sports, rescue operations, and law enforcement, where humans could benefit from increased speed of motion.