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University of Michigan: $1.7M to Build Everyday Exoskeletons to Assist With Lifting, Walking and Climbing Stairs
October 05, 2021
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 5 (TNSMon) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release on Oct. 4, 2021:

In an effort to bring robotic assistance to workers, the elderly and more, a University of Michigan team is developing a new type of powered exoskeleton for lower limbs--funded by $1.7 million from the National Institutes of Health.

One in eight Americans faces a mobility disability, with serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs, but a robotic solut . . .

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