Exoskeleton

If you follow the world of robotic exoskeletons with any frequency, you’re no doubt aware of the two primary categories. The first is aimed firmly at workers with strenuous or repetitive jobs such as lifting and transporting packages. The second is assistive, largely focused at individuals with mobility impairments. The…

An exosuit developed for running and walking at Chung-Ang University, S. Korea Chung-Ang University The hit Marvel character Iron Man was first dreamed up in 1961 but the popular film franchise starring Robert Downey Jr as ace inventor Tony Stark is so contemporary and fresh in our minds that the…

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TechSpot is celebrating its 25th anniversary. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Forward-looking: Most exoskeletons target industrial workers and people with disabilities. However, one company recently debuted a model designed to assist nurses and other healthcare staff, highlighting the lack of attention they receive relative to the importance of…

Back in January, Apptronik said it was working on a new commercial general-purpose humanoid robot called Apollo. I say “new” because over the past seven or eight years Apptronik has developed more than half a dozen humanoid robots along with a couple of full-body exoskeletons. But as the company told…

Have you watched the recent Chinese blockbuster film, The Wandering Earth 2? If you haven’t, spoiler alert. The movie brings a classic sci-fi trope to life: exoskeletons. While The Wandering Earth 2 is primarily a figment of the director’s imagination, its portrayal of exoskeletons is close to reality. In fact,…

The Cybertruck's exoskeleton concept may have to wait (image: Tesla)First gigacast Cybertruck body sections have little to show for Elon Musk's exoskeleton concept revealed when announcing its first electric pickup. 'People familiar with the matter' now tell why. Tesla has almost given up on the exoskeleton concept that Elon Musk…

The world of at-home stroke rehabilitation is growing near, incredible news for the 795,000 people in the United States who annually suffer a stroke. A new low cost, portable brain-computer interface that connects the brain of stroke patients to powered exoskeletons for rehabilitation purposes has been validated and tested at…

How much would these robo-boots be worth to you? Credit: Neurobionic Lab/University of Michigan Robotics Department, CC BY-ND My colleagues and I have used a tool from economics to measure the costs and benefits of wearing an exoskeleton, and we found that it offers a modest average benefit of US$3.40…

Researchers have developed the prototype of a comfortable and flexible “soft smart hand exoskeleton,” or robo-glove, which gives feedback to wearers who need to relearn tasks that require manual dexterity and coordination, for example after suffering a stroke. The present study focused on patients who need to relearn to play…