Wearable and mobile devices, such as smartphones, smartwatches, wearable medical
devices, etc., have become an important part of our daily life. Most of these devices are …

The increasing necessity of load-carrying activities has led to greater human
musculoskeletal damage and an increased metabolic cost. With the rise of exoskeleton …

Long-distance walking with heavy loads is often needed when going hiking or for field
rescue, which is prone to cumulative fatigue. There is also a great need for labor-saving and …

Manually carrying loads for a long distance and duration is highly physically demanding for
humans but commonly required in outdoor activities. With the rapid growth and …

Vibration energy harvesting from backpacks has the potential to generate electrical power
while leading to no significant user metabolic cost increase. Many researchers have …

This paper develops a nonlinear stiffness mechanism to reduce the vibration of the
suspended-load backpack and its peak force applied to human. The suspension system …

During COVID-19, with a heavy sprayer filled with disinfectant, the risk of infection for
epidemic prevention personnel has been increased by long-term environmental disinfection …

The suspended backpack is a wearable robot applied in load carriage to reduce the
energetic cost of human walking or harvest energy and generate electricity. An essential …

Vertical force-feedback is extremely rare in mainstream interactive experiences. This
happens because existing haptic devices capable of sufficiently strong forces that would …

Loaded walking with typical rigid backpack results in a significant increase in the
mechanical energy of the stance leg and a decrease in lateral stability. Allowing the load to …