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You basically found it. They relieve pressure on the joints, in addition to locking certain angles that hurt. Springs would essentially do the same thing, but more dangerous.
Helping upward movement is the whole point of the contraption, but thanks, I'll probably buy some of these and strong springs to do some tests.
Springs are some of the most dangerous things in engineering, especially strong ones. There is a reason why you don't fuck with the garage door. Anything happens - the person falls over, a bicycle hits them, etc - and it's a tragedy waiting to happen
This is how engineers die:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr.
Safety? What's that?
Considering that he also invented leaded gas and freon it's almost more like his bad inventions finally caught him personally
Post your progress and results on the community, I'm curious!
Not to discourage creativity, but I think there was a whole documentary about how bad an idea spring loaded exoskeletons are. Five Nights at Freddy's or something like that?