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How Exoskeletons Support the Back and Reduce Strain

ExR’s Perspective: In my experience (including from last night), the hardest part of explaining occupational exoskeletons is the concept of moment/lever arms. Auxivo, no stranger to creating educational material, is taking another shot at explaining it in an easy-to-understand fashion.

Success Story: Carglass: Supporting Employees in Handling Heavy Vehicle Glass

Do you have testimonials or videos of successful exo implementations? Make sure to share them with ExR.

HTRIUS Introduces BionicBack MOVE

“With the new MOVE model, hTRIUS is expanding its BionicBack product family with a solution specifically designed for dynamic activities involving periods of sitting. This makes it the ideal choice for order pickers, delivery drivers, and logistics teams who handle beverages on a daily basis.”

WearRAcon Europe 2025 Is The First Week of November

Two days of presentations, filled out ExoPark, and ExoWorkAthlon in parallel. It is not too late to get your hotel and tickets (I know from experience, still figuring out the hotel, there are plenty of options left).

Introducing Hapo BR – Passive Spine Decompression Exo

CYBERDYNE Selected for Japanese Government Subsidy to Establish Advanced HAL-Based Rehabilitation Center in Ukraine’s Reconstruction Effort

Fake Exoskeletons?

ExR’s Perspective: For an entire decade, we (as a community) have speculated that one day exoskeleton technology would be popular enough to have fake products on the market, ones that not only resemble existing devices on the market but also have their names. The U.S. Amazon store now has a “Hypershell” for $350, which seems like a great deal, except that this spring device has little to do with the actual Hypershell other than its name.

Success Story: When Exoskeletons Meet Search and Rescue: Our WCSAR Partnership

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