{"id":385432,"date":"2026-04-18T06:55:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T06:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/385432\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T06:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T06:55:08","slug":"chinese-robo-diving-suit-could-help-users-consume-almost-40-less-oxygen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/385432\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese robo-diving suit could help users consume almost 40% less oxygen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Chinese scientists have created a diving suit that could help users glide through the sea with ease.<\/p>\n<p>In tests, the <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/people-culture\/china-personalities\/article\/3155011\/turning-everyone-ironman-how-robotic?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">exoskeleton<\/a> reduced the diver\u2019s oxygen consumption by nearly 40 per cent.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The flexible suit not only provides physical assistance but also syncs precisely with the swimmer\u2019s own rhythm, dramatically boosting underwater agility.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">In tasks ranging from seabed surveys and pipeline inspections to salvage operations and even covert military missions, divers must constantly change the rate at which they paddle to manoeuvre or respond to conditions.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">This exertion not only reduces their physical efficiency but also heightens the risk of accidents.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">To overcome these hurdles, a team from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, devised an algorithm for the exoskeleton that was designed to precisely shadow the diver\u2019s every move.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chinese scientists have created a diving suit that could help users glide through the sea with ease. In&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385433,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[55391,5302,199936,199940,46039,199939,199938,111,139,69,137689,107225,199937,145,199935],"class_list":{"0":"post-385432","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-china-science-daily","9":"tag-chinese-academy-of-sciences","10":"tag-diving-exoskeleton","11":"tag-diving-suit","12":"tag-exoskeleton","13":"tag-frog-kick","14":"tag-ieee-asme-transactions-on-mechatronics","15":"tag-new-zealand","16":"tag-newzealand","17":"tag-nz","18":"tag-peaked","19":"tag-shenzhen-institute-of-advanced-technology","20":"tag-shenzhen-institutes-of-advanced-technology","21":"tag-technology","22":"tag-urao"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}