Abstract
A design of foundation garments like a brassiere and a girdle is made to realize elegant bodyline and comfortable feeling of wearing. The know-how acquired by research and development of foundation was used and applied for design of walking assistance robot. The contact place of human body and robot was determined by measurement of expansion and contraction of the skin and the body form change by movement. In addition, to evaluate of a feeling of wearing, contact pressures were measured. In this result, it has checked that contact pressure was in agreement with sensory evaluation.
