A system for interfacing with an operator's body for distributing forces to the operator's body received by the system from a function unit. The system includes a frame and a plurality of contact units connected to the frame which are positioned and communicate with the operator's torso to distribute the received forces. The plurality of contact units each include a first and second support having an elastic body positioned therebetween which allows relative movement between the first and second supports.

In order to avoid chronic damage for people performing physical labor and to support the execution of activities, an exoskeleton is provided as a support device with a device for implementing rotational and translational human movements. The exoskeleton, which is coupled to at least one body part of a person, comprises at least one man-technology interface, a device for implementing rotational and translational human movements, and an actuating unit which, under certain circumstances, is supplemented by a sensor system and a controller.

An agility trainer apparatus that provides a robotic system that applies forces laterally to a harness worn by a person during walking so as to provide highly controllable interventions targeting locomotor stability.

A motion assistance apparatus may include a first fixing member to be fixed to a portion of a user, a second fixing member to be fixed to another portion of the user, a driving source provided in the first fixing member, a power transmitting member connected between the driving source and the second fixing member, a sensing portion configured to sense a fixing state of the first fixing member or the second fixing member, and a controller configured to control the driving source based on information received from the sensing portion.

Device (100) for assisting with mobilizing a joint (3) comprising a first and a second guiding element, the first flexible guiding element (102) being positioned on one of the segments (4), having a first pair of cable passages arranged on the side of the rear face (52) and on the side of the front face (54), the second flexible guiding element (104) being positioned on the other of the segments (5), having a first pair of cable passages, arranged on the side of the rear face (52) and on the side of the front face (54), the second guiding element further comprising a pair of anchoring points arranged on the side of the front face (52) and on the side of the rear face (54), a flexible support part on which a pair of actuators (M11, M12) associated with a pair of winders are arranged, to cause the associated winder to turn in the winding direction and the unwinding direction, and a pair of cables (C11, C12) extending from the winders, up to the anchoring points of the second guiding element, passing through the cable passages of the first pair of cable passages of the first and second guiding elements.

A bending and stretching motion assist device includes: left and right thigh links; left and right lower leg links swingably coupled to lower ends of the thigh links; a torso mount member having an annular shape and supporting upper ends of the left and right thigh links swingably on respective sides of left and right hip joints; left and right lower leg mount members respectively attached to lower ends of the left and right lower leg links; an assist force generation device configured to generate assist force in a stretching direction between the lower leg links and the thigh links to assist bending and stretching motion of lower limbs; and a buttocks support member extending between parts of the torso mount member adjacent to connecting parts that connect the torso mount member to the left and right thigh links, respectively, and including a buttocks pad.

A system or device, and methods of use thereof, for use with one or more regions of the human body, particularly the lumbar region. The standing adjustment lumbar system comprises a lumbar support member, an adjustable tension member, and a platform member.

An assist device includes a first body-worn unit, a second body-worn unit, a belt body, an actuator, and a controller. The actuator includes a pulley and a motor that causes the pulley to reel and unreel a part of the belt body. The controller is configured to execute a mode switching process of switching a control mode of the motor to one a restriction mode in which a maximum rotation speed of the motor is restricted to a predetermined rotation speed and a normal mode in which the motor is operated within a rotation speed range higher than the predetermined rotation speed.

A walker for use by a mobility impaired disabled user. The walker supports the user while moving them through a set of movements correlating to a walking motion. The walker includes an exoskeleton, a power source in the form of a battery pack or other similar onboard power pack together with its associated power supply cables, and a control system

The exoskeleton includes a rigid pelvic support member including a pelvic harness and a pair of leg structures. Each of the leg structures comprise an upper leg structural member, a lower leg structural member, a foot member, a main hip actuator, a knee actuator and a main foot actuator.

Upper arms are fixed to drive shafts of a pair of drive sources at or near respective left and right hip joints. The upper arms are coupled to an upper body trunk harness by first passive rotary shafts via third passive rotary shafts, and are mounted to a lower body trunk harness by a mounting device. Lower arms are fixed to drive source bodies, and are coupled to thigh harnesses by second passive rotary shafts via fourth passive rotary shafts. The first and second passive rotary shafts and third and fourth passive rotary shafts are angularly displaceable about axial lines in a lateral direction of the wearer and axial lines in an anteroposterior direction of the wearer, respectively. An acceleration/angular speed sensor fixed to the lower body trunk harness detects an acceleration of the body trunk in a vertical direction by landing of a foot.