Chinese researchers' soft hip exosuit cuts divers' air use by up to about 30%

A team at the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology has built a flexible hip exosuit that assists both flexion and extension underwater to counter water resistance. In trials reported in Science Robotics, breathing gas consumption per minute fell 29.77% for flutter kicks, 25.7% for frog kicks and 18.35% when walking on the bottom.

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