Scientists have developed robotic pants that help people expend less energy while walking, according to an analysis in Nature Machine Intelligence. The “soft robotic shorts” could improve ...

Younger adults walking uphill saved 17.79 percent of their metabolic energy with the shorts, and older adults saved 10.48 percent of their energy with the shorts during level-ground walking, the ...

Sportswear is getting a robotic upgrade. A new exosuit, which is worn like a pair of bike shorts, makes both walking and running more energy efficient. Philippe Malcolm at the University of ...