Editing Berkeley Lower Extremity Exoskeleton (section)

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{{Infobox exoskeleton
|name=Berkeley Lower Extremity Exoskeleton (BLEEX)
|image=Berkeley BLEEX 2004.jpg
|creator=[[University of California, Berkeley]] ([[Berkeley Robotics & Human Engineering Laboratory]])<br>[[Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency]]
|year=2003
|country={{flag|United States}}
}}

The '''Berkeley Lower Extremity Exoskeleton''' (BLEEX) is a [[robot]]ic device that attaches to the lower [[Human body|body]]. Its purpose is to complement the user's [[Physical strength|strength]] by adding extra [[force]] to the user's lower extremity bodily movements. The BLEEX was funded by the [[Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency]] (DARPA), and [[research and development|developed]] by the Berkeley Robotics and Human Engineering Laboratory, a unit within the [[University of California, Berkeley]] [[UC Berkeley College of Engineering|Department of Mechanical Engineering]].  DARPA provided the initial $50 million of start-up funds in 2001.<ref>Singer, Peter W. [http://www.brookings.edu/articles/2008/0502_iron_man_singer.aspx "How to Be All That You Can Be: A Look at the Pentagon's Five Step Plan For Making Iron Man Real"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100608084453/http://www.brookings.edu/articles/2008/0502_iron_man_singer.aspx |date=2010-06-08 }}, [http://www.brookings.edu/ The Brookings Institution], 2 May 2008.</ref>