'Harder, better, faster, stronger': Tethered soft exosuit reduces metabolic cost of running
Wednesday, May 31, 2017 - 14:32
in Earth & Climate
What if running the 26.2 miles of a marathon only felt like running 24.9 miles, or if you could improve your average running pace from 9:14 minutes/mile to 8:49 minutes/mile without weeks of training? Researchers have demonstrated that a tethered soft exosuit can reduce the metabolic cost of running on a treadmill by 5.4% compared to not wearing the exosuit, bringing those dreams of high performance closer to reality.