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Researchers in the Newman Laboratory for Biomechanics and Human Rehabilitation have measured the stiffness of the ankle in various directions using a robot called the “Anklebot.” Read: Robotics for Firmer Footing A front and side view of a volunteer wearing the Anklebot in a seated posture. During experiments, the robot moved the ankle and recorded its stiffness in multiple directions. Photos: Hyunglae Lee |
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Anklebot was first developed at MIT back in 2005. Dustin Williams (MIT S.M. 2001), of Interactive Motion Technologies Inc., helps Hermano Igo Krebs, a principal research scientist in MIT’s mechanical engineering department, put on the Anklebot, a robotic device designed to help stroke patients regain movement in paralyzed ankles. Photo / L. Barry Hetherington |
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Hermano Igo Krebs, a principal research scientist in MIT’s mechanical engineering department, took the Anklebot for a test walk on a treadmill back in 2005.
Photo / L. Barry Hetherington
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