ICT&health July 26, 2024

This week, the TU Delft student team presented the newest exoskeleton, Project MARCH IX. This was done with a live demonstration at the Louwman Museum in The Hague. When designing the, now ninth version of the exoskeleton, the focus was on the versatile movement possibilities and a lighter exoskeleton, with appropriate Delft Blue details, for improved maneuverability for the user.

One of the new features of the MARCH IX exoskeleton is a passive ankle joint that, among other things, makes it easier to walk sideways. The new exoskeleton is also equipped with several cameras. These scan the environment and plot an appropriate walking pattern based on those scans. This enables the user, for example, to climb stairs and step over...

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