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August 21, 2025

Episode 18: Nearly Two Decades of Medical Exoskeleton Trials with Dr. Arun Jayaraman

Transcript summary available on ExR, the full episode is on YouTube and all major sound platforms. Tons of topics covered on the past, present, and what needs to be done in the future!

Ticket available at special price until 31 August 2025.

2-day-ticket at A+A – Congress Early Bird 300€

Atalante X, has received expanded CE Mark certification

“This expansion is supported by retrospective safety data and prospective studies, including a clinical trial with patients who have multiple sclerosis (MS) and cases involving high-level spinal cord injuries and Guillain-Barré syndrome.”

Stanford Biomechatronics Lab Tour

A two minute digital tour with Dr. Steve Collins… wish all exoskeleton labs made a short video like this!

WANG Tian, Founder and CEO of RoboCT, was Selected as One of the Most Promising Business Elites under 40 by Fortune China

Inside the Cybathlon: The ‘bionic Olympics’ where inspiring athletes meet genius tech

Guinness attributes multiple honors to Cybathlon, including fastest medical full body support exoskeleton walking speed at 0.82 km/h or 0.5 mph.

RoboCT Presented at the 2025 World Robot Conference Beijing

ExR’s Perspective: On the surface, it seems that RoboCT is ready to enter the consumer exoskeleton market… yet they may be taking a different approach!?

Cyberdyne Consolidated Financial Results Three Months Ended June 30, 2025

ExR’s Perspective: Revenue slightly down offset but decrease in operating expenses. However, this doesn’t match a rapid growth pattern. Is this a sign that something needs to change in the approach to adopting rehabilitation technology? (Revenue fell 13.4% YoY to ¥1.0bn, and total operating expenses (R&D + SG&A) edged down ~4.9% to ¥844m)

China tests infantry exoskeleton during army drill

ExR’s Perspective: Another week, another unlabeled image regarding Chinese military exoskeletons. At this point there isn’t enough information to be either dismissive nor assume imminent wider adoption.

Putin wearing an exoskeleton at Alaska Summit!?

Elements of blog sphere created enough noise to convince multiple websites to carry the story that Putin was secretly wearing an exoskeleton under his pants.

Corporate Tier: Humotech, Auxivo, HeroWear, Digity, Hypershell, Proteso

V.I.P: Volker Bartenbach, Rita Vazquez-Torres, MinMar

Main Tier: SupperEssence, Karl Zelik, George Woodland, Stefano Toxiri, Sebastien Stassin