Consider the marvelous physics of the human knee. The largest hinge joint in the body, it has two rounded bones held together ...

Po-Yu Chen is in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300044, Taiwan, Republic of China. One such inspiration is the exoskeleton of the arthropod ...

The diabolical ironclad beetle is so tough that engineers are hoping to copy features of its exoskeleton to design stronger and more robust structures. “You can run these things over with a car and ...

ANN ARBOR, MI - Science fiction imagines giant machines in the vein of Alien, Avatar or Iron Man when it comes to exoskeletons enhancing mobility and strength. But really, the future of the technology ...

A shoddily tailored suit or a shrunken T-shirt may not be the most stylish, but wearing them is unlikely to hurt more than your reputation. An ill-fitting robotic exoskeleton on the battlefield or ...