ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,210, issued on April 7, was assigned to AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT (Daejeon, South Korea).
"Flexible wearable robot" was invented by Young June Shin (Daejeon, South Korea), Man Bok Hong (Daejeon, South Korea), Gwang Tae Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Yongcheol Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Hanseung Woo (Daejeon, South Korea) and Sanghun Ju (Daejeon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flexible wearable robot for assisting with a walking motion of a user may include a thigh strap to be worn to enclose a thigh portion of a user, a shank strap to be worn to enclose a shank portion of the user, a driver to be worn on a back or wa...