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Faster-than-reflexes robo-boots boost balance

  • Written by Lena Ting, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Rehabilitation Medicine, Emory University
Faster-than-reflexes robo-boots boost balanceThese boots were made for superhuman balance.Candler Hobbs, Georgia Institute of Techology

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Robotic boots providing superhuman reflexes can help your balance. Our new study shows that the key to augmenting balance is to have boots that can act faster than human reaction...

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