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ArticleScience advances2026

A biomimetic, ultralow-power edge-AI-empowered and self-sustaining gait analysis system.

Fuying Dong, Chi Han, Pengchong Xu, Jasleen Chhatwal, Xinnian Jiang, Tengteng Wang, Abigail Hsu, Minzhu Baek, Di Wu, Rui Li and 4 more

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14 authors.

Fuying DongDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University; Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8962-6592
Chi HanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University; Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States.
Pengchong XuDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rutgers University; Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States.
Jasleen ChhatwalDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rutgers University; Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States.ORCID 0009-0000-9468-8712
Xinnian JiangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University; Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States.
Tengteng WangDepartment of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, Section of Cancer Epidemiology and Health Outcomes, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers Cancer Institute; New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-9001-186X
Abigail HsuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University; Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States.
Minzhu BaekDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University; Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States.
Di WuDepartment of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of California Merced; Merced, California 95343, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-4266-6375
Rui LiTandon School of Engineering, New York University; Brooklyn, New York 11201, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-1448-6489
Yuanwen JiangDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-2056-2639
Bozhi TianDepartment of Chemistry, University of Chicago; Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-0593-0023
Jason Y FangDepartment of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of California Merced; Merced, California 95343, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-3415-6076
Simiao NiuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University; Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-1973-2204

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Smart digital health has reshaped patient monitoring, but it faces a fundamental trade-off between device intelligence and continuous, energy-efficient monitoring. Inspired by self-sustaining intelligent biospecies, we develop a biomimetic, battery-free, and high-precision edge-AI system through a harvested-energy-constrained holistic co-design that couples ultralow-power edge-AI-empowered sensor hardware with biomechanical energy harvesting and cold-start power management. Our edge-AI-empowered motion sensor performs instantaneous, context-aware on-device inference and timely result updating from raw sensor data while consuming only 86 μW. A high-output energy harvester and tailored high-efficiency power management circuitry sustain energy levels exceeding system requirements, eliminating downtime associated with charging and enabling true 24/7, hassle-free monitoring. This breakthrough establishes a paradigm for system-level, edge-AI-empowered, and self-sustaining sensing, demonstrating that intelligence and energy autonomy can coexist within a single wearable platform and pointing to next-generation always-on, personalized digital health systems.

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Artificial IntelligenceBiomimeticsGaitDigital HealthHumansWearable Electronic Devices

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PMID42616884
PMCPMC13488879

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