Pogosuit

Apr 27, 2013
Dr Sugar wearing the Pogosuit

The human body is a mass spring system that oscillates up and down while running. We add energy to the running gait by oscillating a secondary mass in phase with the motion. A phase oscillator adds a bounded amount of energy to the limit cycle to make it easier to run. In an anti-phase oscillator, energy in the gait cycle is reduced and it is harder to run.

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Ragesh Kumar Ramachandran
Planning and Control Engineer

My research interests include design and analysis of algorithms for solving various problems in Swarm robotic and Multi-robotic systems.

Publications

Limit Cycles to Enhance Human Performance Based on Phase Oscillators

Many human tasks such as walking, running, and hopping are repeating or cyclic tasks where assistance is needed at a repeating rate at …
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A method to add energy to running gait - Pogosuit

The human body is a mass spring system that oscillates up and down while running. We add energy to the running gait by oscillating a …
PDF Project DOI ASME