21st-century pack mule: MIT's 'exoskeleton' lightens the load

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Graduate student Conor Walsh demonstrates a prototype of the exoskeleton he and other MIT researchers have devised. The invention can successfully take on 80 percent of an 80-pound load carried on a persons back. Photo: Samuel Au
Graduate student Conor Walsh demonstrates a prototype of the 'exoskeleton' he and other MIT researchers have devised. The invention can successfully take on 80 percent of an 80-pound load carried on a person's back. Photo: Samuel Au

Researchers in the MIT Media Lab's Biomechatronics Group have created a device to lighten the burden for soldiers and others who carry heavy packs and equipment.


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