EQUILIB Active Standing Platform

A standing surface that reads the structural state of the person on it in real time and responds. Two input channels: a bilateral plantar pressure array (128 sensors, 100Hz, full bilateral ZMP calculation) and a wearable lumbar IMU clip (trunk position across 3 axes). A model predictive controller calculates CoM drift velocity — the real-time standing fatigue biomarker — and generates commands to an active multi-axis articulating surface: anterior-posterior tilt, medial-lateral tilt (independently per foot zone), and multi-zone vertical variation across 6 addressable zones. Displacement range 0–4mm at platform edge. Rate 0.5–2mm/sec. The perturbation is imperceptible as instability but biomechanically significant as proprioceptive input. A longitudinal fatigue engine monitors four biomarkers across the shift and generates data-driven break recommendations when thresholds are crossed.

ZMP-APCS — Zero Moment Point Adaptive Plantar Correction System

A smart insole applying Zero Moment Point calculation — the same engineering principle that keeps bipedal robots upright — therapeutically to the human foot. A 64-sensor pressure grid at 100Hz calculates current ZMP position, compares it to an individualized neutral reference, predicts trajectory across the next gait phase, and delivers correction through two simultaneous channels:

• Active sole redistribution: micro-actuated zones (pneumatic or piezo) independently adjust firmness and elevation to physically redirect ground reaction forces toward neutral ZMP

• Haptic vibrotactile retraining: zone-specific actuators deliver directional proprioceptive cuing that retrains neuromuscular loading patterns over time — correction that persists when the device is not worn

Three form factors: therapeutic boot, smart insole, athletic performance attachment.

The Clinical Framework

• Puberty functions as a biomechanical locking phase consolidating pre-existing structural tendencies

• The center of mass is a bidirectional fulcrum — deviations above and below it propagate in both directions

• Hip tension direction determines plantar loading pattern — medial tension drives inward collapse, lateral tension drives outward deviation

• The plantar surface is the terminal neuroanatomical readout of the entire structural history above it

• The musculoskeletal system is the structural container within which every other biological system operates — respiratory, digestive, neurological, vascular — and its deviation from neutral changes the spatial operating environment of all of them

What I Am Looking For

A builder or small team who wants to take on one or both of these as a commission project — building a functional proof-of-concept prototype and documenting the process.

I am not a corporation. I am a solo inventor whose body is breaking down from the career that gave him the knowledge to design these devices. I am offering:

• A commission fee (negotiable, honest conversation about what I can offer)

• Full patent documentation, sensor specifications, controller architecture, actuation parameters, and clinical framework manuscript — everything needed to understand what you are building and why

• Clean IP arrangement: you own anything you create in the build process, I own the patents. Simple work-for-hire structure, NDA available if preferred

• First right of refusal on any follow-on builds in the ecosystem

• Attribution as the builder in all commercial and research documentation

If you document the build publicly — on Hackaday, on YouTube, on your own channels — I actively encourage that. The more people who see these devices being built, the better for both of us.

Suggested Build Sequence

Phase 1 — ZMP-APCS Insole (recommended starting point)

Lower complexity, lower cost, fastest path to a working demo. Components are commercially available. The engineering challenge is real...