Shaocong Chen
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2
Total Citations
17
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2
About
Shaocong Chen is a robotics researcher advancing the frontier of soft exosuits for dynamic human locomotion. His work focuses on developing portable, lightweight wearable robots that assist with high-intensity activities beyond level-ground walking. Chen’s key contributions center on designing soft exosuits for hip flexion assistance during running and stair climbing—two challenging tasks that have received far less attention than walking in the exosuit literature. His 2022 paper on a waist-loaded soft exosuit for running (9 citations) demonstrated that such devices can reduce metabolic cost during running, a significant step toward practical athletic and rehabilitation applications. In 2023, he extended this work to stair climbing (8 citations), addressing a critical gap in assistive robotics for daily living. Chen’s research emphasizes portability and wearability, avoiding bulky backpack-mounted systems in favor of waist-loaded designs. By tackling these underexplored modes of locomotion, he is helping to broaden the real-world utility of soft exosuits, with potential impacts on assistive technology, physical therapy, and even high-performance sports.
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- 2A Portable Soft Exosuit to Assist Stair Climbing with Hip Flexion8 citations · 2023