Exoskeleton

I first met Robert Woo in 2011, during his third time walking in a powered exoskeleton. The architect had been paralyzed in a construction accident four years earlier, but he was determined to get back on his feet. Watching him clunk across a rehab room in an exoskeleton prototype, the…

Credit: Hypershell Hypershell is trying to carve out a new category at the intersection of wearables and robotics. The Chinese startup focuses on lightweight exoskeletons for outdoor and everyday use, built around lower-limb assistance. Its system combines motors and onboard sensors to add power when walking or climbing, easing strain…

HONG KONG — More than four months after a deadly fire engulfed her apartment block in Hong Kong's northern Tai Po district, Fanny Mok is preparing to go back to retrieve what remains of her belongings. Mok, 59, is borrowing robotic exoskeleton legs to help her climb to her 13th…

Robert Woo stands on Park Avenue in New York City using a self-balancing exoskeleton from Wandercraft. It’s easy to assume that Robert Woo was defined by the accident that took away his ability to walk. Certainly, the day of his accident—14 December 2007—was a turning point. Woo, an architect working…

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Genesis wants to conquer all-Terrains, especially desert, with black scorpion-inspired Off-road “X Skorpio Concept”. X Skorpio concept is an extreme off-road vehicle designed to be driven across the toughest and harshest terrain. Vehicle’s tension-filled curves and the segmented armor-like panels inspired by black scorpion’s arching tail and exoskeleton. Additionally, the…

A customer experiences an exoskeleton wearable device in the inno100 flagship store in Nanshan District of Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Jan. 18, 2026. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian) SHENZHEN, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- When a Chinese robotics innovator faced an urgent space crunch for his laser sensor startup a few years ago,…

We may earn a commission from links on this page. While I was covering CES, the big consumer electronics show in Las Vegas, I gave myself a side quest: try on every exoskeleton I could find. I kept seeing them at booths and events, promising to help me walk farther…

Beth Skwarecki Beth Skwarecki Senior Health Editor Experience Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor and has been writing about health, fitness, and science here since 2015. Beth was the recipient of the 2017 Carnegie Science Award in science communication, and has written two books:  Outbreak! 50 Tales of Epidemics That Terrorized the…