Skiing exoskeleton control method and system

A method of operating an exoskeleton system comprising:

• coupling a left and right leg actuator unit of an exoskeleton system respectively to a left and right leg of a user over clothing of the user, the left and right leg actuator units each including:
• an upper arm and a lower arm that are rotatably coupled via a joint, the joint positioned at a knee of the user with the upper arm coupled about an upper leg portion of the user above the knee and with the lower arm coupled about a lower leg portion of the user below the knee and coupled to a skiing assembly comprising a ski boot and a ski,
• a bellows actuator that extends between the upper arm and lower arm;
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• a plurality of sensors including a set of sensors positioned on the leg actuator unit;
• the exoskeleton system further comprising:
• a fluidic system at least partially disposed within a backpack worn by the user;
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• a control system disposed within the backpack worn by the user and configured to receive data from the plurality of sensors and to operate the fluidic system to introduce fluid to the bellows actuator from a fluid source disposed within the backpack to cause the bellows actuator to expand and move the upper arm and lower arm;
• obtaining, at the control system, a first set of sensor data from the plurality of sensors while the user is skiing on a ski slope, the first set of sensor data indicating a first configuration state of the upper arms, lower arms and bellows actuators of the left and right leg actuator units;
• determining by the control system, based at least in part on the first set of obtained sensor data, to change configuration of the left and right leg actuator units to a second configuration state to support the user skiing on the ski slope, wherein the determining to change configuration of the left and right leg actuator units to the second configuration state to support the user skiing on the ski slope is base at least in a part on data received regarding two or more additional users around the user during the user skiing on the ski slope;
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• causing, by the control system, the fluidic system to introduce fluid to the bellows actuators of the left and right leg actuator units from the fluid source disposed within the backpack to generate the second configuration state by causing the bellows actuators to expand and move the upper arms and lower arms of the left and right leg actuator units.