When Designing the suit of H1, the following considerations of Weight Shifts, Balancing of the Body and Base of Support
were considered. Due to the weight of the suit when worn by the subject, there will be an increase in the weight at that half
of the body. As a result of this there will be shift of centre of gravity towards the affected side and a bit downwards near the
pelvis region. The Bottom most part of the suit is made wider especially to increase the base of support and this will help to
balance the centre of gravity during each phase of the gait cycle. A lot of care is taken to keep the line of gravity to fall on
the base area of support. When the non-affected leg is in its swing phase of the gait cycle, entire load falls on the affected
leg. So to suppress this load
majority of the reaction force is sustained by them. Moreover Springs are attached in between rubber sole and the piston
cylinders so that it absorbs the force which would act on the body. One more advantage of this type of Setup is that the
Subject can move in an uneven terrain without much difficulties.