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Active Hydraulic Chopping at Heel Strike<br />

• Heel compresses Hydraulic bladder by 8 mm<br />

– μ-hydraulic transducers hammer PZT stack<br />

– Many charge-pump cycles per footstep<br />

– Piezo driven at resonance frequency (20 kHz)<br />

• PZT generators occupy 1-cm cube<br />

– Each produces a watt<br />

• 40% efficiency<br />

– 3 per shoe gives 3 watts total<br />

• Components Tested<br />

– Fully integrated?<br />

8 mm<br />

JAP<br />

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