These Robotic Boots Can Help People Balance. Here’s How

The robotic boots provide a super-quick blast of assistance to your muscles, helping you to stay upright. Scientists asked a healthy participant to stand on a moving floor wearing the exo-boots. Then ‘pulled the rug’ out from under them. They programmed the robotic boots to work using the same delay as human reflexes or artificially faster than humanly possible. The exo-boots only improved balance when they worked faster than our natural response. It means that one day, wearable exoskeletons could deploy lightning-quick reflexes to help people with balance impairment. Watch the video to learn more about these robotic boots.