Industrial Exo Developer
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The idea of AGADE was born in 2018 from a research project on assistive exoskeletons at Politecnico di Milano. After developing the technology and the patent deposit, the research team founded the startup, obtaining the accreditation as a spin-off of the Politecnico di Milano.
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Mambretti, 32, 20157 Milan, MI – Italy
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AGADEXO – industrial exoskeleton.
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Archelis Inc (formally Alkeris) initial exoskeleton product, the Archelis, is manufactured by Nitto Co., Ltd. under the supervision of Jichi Medical University and Tokyo Medical and Dental University while the design is done by Nishimura Taki Design.
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Yokohama, Japan
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Archelis chairless-chair type of passive exoskeleton.
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In 2021, Astride Bionix is the exoskeleton company that sports the best Kickstarter record (tied only with EduExo and EduExo Pro).
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SINGAPORE
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Lex, Enywere
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Formally referred to as Panasonic ActiveLink, ATOUN has built an impressive portfolio of industrial powered exoskeleton products and prototypes (with some work on medical assistive devices as well).
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Nara City, Japan
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Auxivo AG was incorporated in 2019 as a Spin-Off from the Rehabilitation Engineering Lab at ETH Zürich.
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Zürich, Switzerland
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Biolift is a producer of occupational passive back support exoskeletons.
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Montreal, Canada
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Biolift back support industrial exoskeleton
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Bioservo is a leader in the sales and development of powered glove exoskeleton devices for work and industry as well as activities for daily living.
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Kista, Sweden
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C-Exoskeletons (CEXO) is positioning itself to be a pioneer of soft exoskeletons (exosuits).
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Beijing, China
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CEXO-E03 (passive lower back), CEXO-A02 (pneumatic lower back), CEXO-S01 (chairless chair), CEXO-T1 (weight-bearing)
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Comau is a specialist in industrial automation under the direction and coordination of Fiat Chrysler. The MATE is a passive shoulder support exoskeleton for work and industry.
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Torino, Italy
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Crimson Dynamics is developing shoulder support and back support occupational exoskeletons.
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Building 2. Room 906, No.32 Huoju Road, High-tech Zone, Dalian, China
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CDYS shoulder support exoskeleton
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Cyber Human Systems is a spin-off created by Gogoa Mobility Robots that designs and commercializes industrial exoskeletons for the workplace.
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Traña – Matiena, Spain
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CYBERDYNE is one of the first commercial pioneers of exoskeleton technology in the world. Primarily in the medical field, the company has also begun branching off into exoskeletons for logistics.
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Tsukuba, Japan
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Daiya Industry works with Japanese universities on commercializing soft exoskeletons. Its primary focus is on medical devices with some branching off to industrial applications.
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Okayama, Japan
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DARWING PA-Jacket, DARWING Power Assist Glove, DARWING Power Assist Walk
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Formerly Berkeley Bionics, over the last decade this company has worked both alone and in conjunction with various private and government entities. Ekso Bionics is one of the founding companies of the exoskeleton industry.
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Richmond, CA, USA
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The main exoskeleton product, the ShivaExo, is an upper-body modular passive exoskeleton for work and industry.
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Anduze, France
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ShivaExo – passive shoulder support, HAPO – passive back support
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Exhauss specializes in modular shoulder support passive exoskeletons.
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Rhône-Alpes, France
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EXHAUSS SYSTEM®, EXHAUSS PICKER®,
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Exomys – Augmented Humanity GmbH – develops passive and modular exoskeletons for industrial application, supporting employees’ health and productivity.
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Vienna, Austria
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Daedalos – chairless chair, Atlas – back support passive exoskeleton
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Exorise (Ekzorayz) is a developer of passive occupational exoskeletons for work and industry.
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Russia
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Exy is the first producer of occupational exoskeletons in Brazil.
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Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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ExyONE Shoulder, ExyONE Back
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Ergoskel is an “ergoskeleton” designed to help warehouse workers lift while reducing physical strain. This exoskeleton was developed and patented by FM Logistic and the University of Technology of Compiègne (UTC), France.
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Phalsbourg, France
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Ergoskel
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German Bionic is the first German exoskeleton manufacturer for industrial use and focuses on tying industrial exoskeletons to Industry 4.0.
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Bayern, Germany
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HeroWear is a wearable technology company that is developing a suite of assistive clothing solutions that reduce fatigue and musculoskeletal strain on workers. Their first product, the Apex, was developed in conjunction with the Center for Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology at Vanderbilt University.
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Nashville, TN
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Apex – a lift assistance exosuit that fits like clothing, designed for both men and women to offload the lower back muscles with get-out-of-the-way on/off technology.
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This company is a spin-off from the C&R Lab at Hanyang University with a range of prototypes designed for military, assistive or rehabilitation purposes. It is likely that Hexar has the most exoskeleton prototypes of any exo developer in the world.
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Ansan-si, South Korea
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Hector H30-A, Hector L20P, U30A
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Honda is likely the commercial entity with the most experience in robotic walking in the world, and information on its exoskeleton development is highly sought after.
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Tokyo, Japan
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Stride Management Assist, Bodyweight Support Assist
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hTRIUS is a German industrial/occupational exoskeleton developer.
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Germany
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HMT is a French partnership that has rooted its beginning in two passive shoulder and arm support exoskeletons for work and industry.
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TARBES, Hautes-Pyrénées, France
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HumaniX focuses on light upper body exoskeletons for repetitive movement. The company is interested in partnering with others to utilize their unique IP.
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Belgium
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HumaniX exoskeleton
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SoftExo Lift, SoftExo Hold, SoftExo Carry, SoftExo Care is a developer of occupational elastic exosuits.
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Baiersbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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SoftExo Lift, SoftExo Hold, SoftExo Carry, SoftExo Care
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Wuhan Hyetone Robotics and Control Systems Co., Ltd (Guangzhou Haitong Industrial Technology Co., Ltd.) is a Chinese provider of industrial equipment.
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Guangzhou City, China
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Occupational exoskeletons for the upper and lower body, as well as temperature control.
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Hyundai has a rapidly increasing interest in exoskeletons, primarily for industrial use and one series of prototypes for walking assistance.
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Seoul, Koria
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Innophys is a Japane startup with upper-body exoskeletons for work and industry that utilize compressed air actuators. The company is particularly focused on reducing work-related back injuries.
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Tokyo, Japan
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Muscle Suit, Muscle Suit Power, Muscle Suit Edge, Muscle Upper
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ITURRI is both an industrial/occupational exoskeleton distributor and producer.
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Sevilla, Andalucía, Spain
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PREXER
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IUVO is a spin-off company of Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (SSSA) in Pisa and its BioRobotics Institute. IUVO has experience in designing both upper body and lower body passive and active exoskeletons. IUVO is also a leader in standards & test development for wearable robotics in Europe.
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Pontedera, Italy
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MATE (development work, distributed by Camou), active pelvis orthosis (APO) (developed for Össur)
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A powered lower-back exoskeleton for work and industry based on established passive braces.
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Loos, France
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Kubota is a manufacturer of farming and heavy equipment and has worked on an “waist, arms and upper body” farming assist exoskeleton.
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Osaka, Japan
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WIN-1 Winch-type Power Assist Suit
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Laevo focuses on passive back support exoskeletons for work and industry. It was one of the very first exoskeleton companies to make their wearable available to try at WearRAcon16.
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Delft, Nederland
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Laevo V2, Laevo Flex (V3)
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Levitate Technologies focuses on the development and distribution of a passive shoulder exoskeleton for work and industry, the AIRFRAME®.
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San Diego, CA, USA
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One of the world’s largest military contractors is working on both mobility augmentation and tool handling exoskeletons.
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Maryland (HQ), USA
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FORTIS, ONYX – Military, ONYX – First Responder
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Mawashi Science & Technology is a Canadian leading-edge defense innovation company developing Human Augmentation Systems (HAS) and Exoskeleton technologies. The company’s UPRISE® Passive Load-Bearing Exoskeleton has been designed to provide constant assistance to soldiers and SOF operators, with the aim of augmenting human performance and reducing musculoskeletal injuries.
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Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada
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UPRISE – Ultralight Passive Ruggedized Integrated Soldier Exoskeleton, FRACO
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Shenzhen MileBot Robotics Co., Ltd. is a China is primarily medical rehabilitation robotics company with the vision to use science and technology to help move forward successfully.
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Shenzen, China
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BEAR-H1 Exoskeleton Robot for Lower Limb Rehabilitation, PB-1 Lumbar exoskeleton, Hand Rehabilitation Exoskeleton Robot, MoonWalker Treadmill-Based Rehabilitation Robot
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Newndra Innovations as an exoskeleton developer with a vision of providing wearable technology that can reduce physical injuries for workers in India and beyond.
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Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
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JaipurBelt – back support hip exoskeleton
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Noonee focused on chairless-chairs, mechanical wearable devices that can stiffen in place when a person assuming a squatting or sitting position, conceptually, becoming a chair that travels with the user.
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Zürich, Switzerland
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Chairless Chair 2.0 (Chairless-Chair)
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OCALIS is an occupational/industrial exoskeleton developer and an engineering consultancy company. OCALIS has been established with TÜBİTAK 1512 BİGG support at Bursa Uludag University ULUTEK Technology Development Zone.
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BURSA, Nilüfer, Turkey
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One of the world’s largest prosthetics companies has been working on occupational exoskeletons since 2012. It debuted its first commercially available device, a passive shoulder support exoskeleton called Paexo Shoulder, in 2018. Since then the Paexo line of exoskeletons has been expanded to include supportive devices for the thumb, wrist, and neck. Most recently, Ottobock released the Paexo Back exoskeleton for manual material handling, particularly in logistics.
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Duderstadt, Germany (Headquarters); Austin, Texas
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Paexo Shoulder, Paexo Back, Paexo Thumb, Paexo Wrist, Paexo Neck
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RB3D specializes in “cobots” or collaborative robots.
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Monéteau, France
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Exo Push, Exoback
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Robosuits SRL is developing a fully active lower limb load-carrying exoskeleton for industrial operators.
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Milan, Italy
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Active lower limb industrial exo
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In 2007 Raytheon purchased Sarcos and its exoskeleton technology which was then bought by Sarcos LC in 2015. Sarcos Robotics is creating a full-body powered exoskeleton for construction and logistics.
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Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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Guardian XO
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Skelex has developed a passive shoulder support exoskeleton that has been tested by more than 200 companies in just a few years.
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Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Skelex 360
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Formally US BIonics, suitX focuses on passive exoskeletons for workers and a gait rehabilitation powered medical exoskeleton.
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Emeryville, CA
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ULS Robotics is the maker of the HEMS-HD Heavy Exoskeleton Lower Limb Robot, a lower-body powered exoskeleton with force-feedback capabilities.
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Shanghai, China
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MAPS-E, HEMS-L, HEMS-GS
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Verve Motion is a Harvard University spin-off with a focus on occupational exosuits.
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Massachusetts, USA
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SafeLift
