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Re:Father builds exoskeleton to help wheelchair-bound son walk by anonymousDan on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @04:10PM (#27976981)
I'm sure this has already been thought of but is there much value in using capacitors to capture kinetic energy from the exoskeletons natural movement?
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Re:Father builds exoskeleton to help wheelchair-bound son walk by IshKebab on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @02:58AM (#27981036)
No there isn't. You'd recover almost no energy.
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