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Roam specializes in lower-body pneumatic (compressed air actuated) exoskeletons. The company's first product is a commercial exoskeleton for skiing.
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Roam Robotics was founded by Tim Swift, one of the first designers to work on the Ekso medical exoskeleton by Ekso Bionics. Â However, his experience with rigid frame exoskeletons at UC Berkeley and Ekso Bionics made him question how these devices can be made more lightweight and cost-effective? Â Tim Swift switched workplaces to the other side of the San Francisco Bay and pursued fabric-based wearable robots based on the actuation technology by Otherlab.
Roam Robotics has now left Otherlab and is now located diagonally and across the street from it. Â The company has grown in 2018-2019 and has the vision to expand beyond consumer exoskeletons and produce devices for military and medical applications.
