What if you could wear a robotic device that boosted your strength and endurance, making heavy lifting and other physical ...
Exoskeletons are emerging as a powerful ergonomics tool, but questions remain about fit, task matching, worker acceptance, and long-term impact. Here’s what safety leaders should weigh before adopting ...
There’s a truly bizarre sensation that comes from having your own legs powered by an external force. Hiking up the hills near Teufelsberg on the outskirts of Berlin, I could feel a distinct push on my ...
Exoskeletons have been a staple of the sci-fi imagination for decades: think Tony Stark's Iron Man outfit or Aliens' Ripley suiting up to shift containers (and battle the xenomorph queen). But those ...
For a category that materialized seemingly overnight, it’s impressive that there are already three exoskeleton for hiking companies to choose from. I tested the Hypershell Pro X and the Dnsys X1 ...
HONG KONG, CHINA - 2019/05/03: Iron man is a fictional character seen appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Avengers 4: Endgame" character model features 1:1 life-size statues ...
As technology has drastically changed what modern workdays look like, more and more companies have opened to the use of exoskeletons. Some may still picture exoskeletons as something from a sci-fi ...
The company that developed the exoskeleton used in this research has licensed intellectual property on which Prof. Rouse is an inventor. My colleagues and I have used a tool from economics to measure ...
Some really promising research has been published lately in support of the new exoskeletons, and, I admit, I’m intrigued by these devices. Who wouldn’t want to be made a bit stronger? (Ok, so ...