{"id":27276,"date":"2025-10-24T04:25:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T04:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techgolly.com\/?p=27276"},"modified":"2025-10-24T04:25:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T04:25:00","slug":"nike-unveils-robotic-amplify-shoes-that-act-like-a-second-set-of-calf-muscles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techgolly.com\/news\/nike-unveils-robotic-amplify-shoes-that-act-like-a-second-set-of-calf-muscles","title":{"rendered":"Nike Unveils Robotic &#8216;Amplify&#8217; Shoes That Act Like a &#8216;Second Set of Calf Muscles&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Points<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nike has unveiled &#8220;Project Amplify,&#8221; a new robotic shoe.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The shoe has a small motor that acts as a &#8220;second set of calf muscles,&#8221; making running easier.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In tests, it helped some runners take two minutes off their mile time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nike also announced a new &#8220;Mind&#8221; line of shoes designed to improve mental focus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nike is taking its footwear to a whole new level with two futuristic new projects: a pair of robotic shoes that help you run faster and farther, and a &#8220;neuroscience-based&#8221; line of shoes designed to enhance your mental focus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The star of the show is &#8220;Project Amplify,&#8221; a robotic shoe developed in partnership with the startup Dephy. The shoe acts as a &#8220;second set of calf muscles,&#8221; using a small motor and a drive belt powered by a calf-mounted battery to augment your natural stride. Nike compares the experience to riding an e-bike; it doesn&#8217;t do the work for you, but it makes it a lot easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company says Project Amplify &#8220;makes walking or running uphill feel like moving on flat ground.&#8221; In tests, it even helped some people shave two minutes off their mile time. This is a major step in bringing robotics into consumer products, moving beyond just robot vacuums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nike&#8217;s other new project is a line of shoes called &#8220;Mind.&#8221; These shoes \u2014mules and sneakers \u2014have special foam nodes on the soles that let you feel the texture of the ground under your feet. The idea is that this &#8220;heightens sensory awareness&#8221; and can help &#8220;enhance concentration.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the Mind shoes will be available as early as January 2026, you&#8217;ll have to wait a bit longer for the robotic Amplify shoes, which Nike says will have a &#8220;broad consumer launch in the coming years.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Points Nike is taking its footwear to a whole new level with two futuristic new projects: a pair of robotic shoes that help you&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-product"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techgolly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techgolly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techgolly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techgolly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techgolly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techgolly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27276\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techgolly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techgolly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techgolly.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}