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Completed TRL 3 (started at 3, targeting 5)
Develop leg prosthesis simulator capable of applying specific model-predicted torques to both prosthetic & residual limbs of amputees (also applicable to robot / exoskeleton legs) to provide prosthetics and robotics designers the simulation tools and data necessary to allow creation of prosthetics / robotic limbs that more closely imitate the motion of the human leg.
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