{"678377":{"#nid":"678377","#data":{"type":"news","title":"No Matter the Task, This New Exoskeleton AI Controller Can Handle It","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA leap forward in artificial intelligence control from Georgia Tech engineers could one day make robotic assistance for everyday activities as easy as putting on a pair of pants.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearchers have developed a task-agnostic controller for robotic exoskeletons that\u2019s capable of assisting users with all kinds of leg movements, including ones the AI has never seen before.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt\u2019s the first controller able to support a dozens of realistic human lower limb movements, including dynamic actions like lunging and jumping, as well as more typical unstructured movements like starting and stopping, twisting, and meandering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPaired with a slimmed down exoskeleton integrated into a pair of athletic pants that was designed by X, \u201cThe Moonshot Factory,\u201d the system requires no calibration or training. Users can put on the device, activate the controller, and go.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe study was led by researchers in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (ME) and the Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/robotics\u0022\u003EInstitute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETheir system takes a first big step toward devices that could help people navigate the real world, not just the controlled environment of a lab. That could mean helping airline baggage handlers move hundreds of suitcases or factory workers with heavy, labor-intensive tasks. It could also mean improving mobility for older adults or stroke patients who can\u2019t get around as well as they used to.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe idea is to provide real human augmentation across the high diversity of tasks that people do in their everyday lives, and that could be for clinical applications, industrial applications, recreation, or the military,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/young\u0022\u003EAaron Young\u003C\/a\u003E, ME associate professor and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.epic.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Esenior researcher\u003C\/a\u003E on a study describing the controller published Nov. 13 in the journal \u003Cem\u003ENature\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2024\/11\/no-matter-task-new-exoskeleton-ai-controller-can-handle-it\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERead the full story on the College of Engineering website.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers created a deep learning-driven controller that helps users in real-world tasks, even those it wasn\u2019t trained for.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Researchers created a deep learning-driven controller that helps users in real-world tasks, even those it wasn\u2019t trained for."}],"uid":"27446","created_gmt":"2024-11-12 19:58:56","changed_gmt":"2024-11-15 15:36:26","author":"Joshua Stewart","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2024-11-13T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2024-11-13T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"675603":{"id":"675603","type":"video","title":"Task-Agnostic Exoskeleton Controller","body":null,"created":"1731444109","gmt_created":"2024-11-12 20:41:49","changed":"1731515323","gmt_changed":"2024-11-13 16:28:43","video":{"youtube_id":"UVfo__lCNfo","video_url":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/UVfo__lCNfo"}},"675601":{"id":"675601","type":"image","title":"Exoskeleton-AI-Controller-Keaton-Dean-Tug-of-War-9111-t.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EA new exoskeleton controller developed by Georgia Tech engineers works for dozens of dozens of realistic human lower limb movements, including dynamic actions like tug-of-war and jumping, as well as more typical unstructured movements like starting and stopping, twisting, and meandering. 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