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WearRA Hip Exoskeleton Market – Review of Lift Assist Wearables

April 10, 2018 // 5 Comments

The Wearable Robotics Association Standards and Education Committee is proud to publish its first white paper: Hip Exoskeleton Market – Review of Lift Assist Wearables. In just a few years, hip exoskeletons for movement assistance and work have gone from being virtually unknown to being sold and used around the globe. But to the untrained [more]

An Overview of the Exoskeleton Patent Landscape

February 22, 2017 // 7 Comments

Exoskeleton inventions made their first appearance around 2000, and have since developed into a distinct and growing area of human assistive technology, with consumer, medical, industrial, and military applications. To really grasp the scope and who’s who of the exoskeleton technology space, it can be helpful to look past fiction, puff, and [more]

Introduction to the Commercial Exoskeletons Catalog

December 5, 2016 // 2 Comments

Commercial Exoskeletons Catalog CategoriesCommercial Exoskeletons Catalog Categories

Catalog of commercial wearable exoskeletons: Target Audience Criteria Help us make this complete Other catalogs Prior work Categories, keywords, and companies Target audience: General public: There are dozens of exoskeleton products that are leaving the research and development labs and becoming commercial products. While they might not be as [more]

Greg Sawicki on Successfully Reducing Walking Metabolic Cost

December 9, 2015 // 1 Comment

Passive ankle exoskeleton that successfully reduced the metabolic cost of walking on even terrain for healthy individuals, University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University, 2015

The Passive Ankle Exoskeleton for “Reducing the energy cost of human walking using an unpowered exoskeleton” is the single greatest exoskeleton development for the 2015 calendar year! Dr. Greg Sawicki, his team and friends were able to create and test a wearable robot that successfully reduced the metabolic cost of walking for [more]

Books on Exoskeletons and Wearable Robotics

October 22, 2015 // 1 Comment

There are several books on the topic of exoskeletons and wearable robotics that are worth owning, and some that should most likely be skipped. Below are seven tittles for your consideration and a few suggestions on where you can find them: Wearable Robots, Biomechatronic Exoskeletons by José L. Pons, 2008 This is possibly the best exoskeleton [more]

Carnegie Mellon’s Steve Collins Talks Prosthesis and Exoskeletons

June 29, 2015 // 1 Comment

RI Seminar: Steve Collins Prosthesis and exoskeleton emulators for rapid evaluation... / Youtube

Jan 24, 2014 RI Seminar: Steve Collins, Prosthesis and exoskeleton emulators for rapid evaluation…, Steve Collins, Assistant Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, MechE This is an absolutely phenomenal talk by Professor Steve Collins that is a must-see for anyone who is just now being exposed to the science behind making exoskeletons [more]

12 Commercial Exoskeletons In 2015

April 21, 2015 // 3 Comments

15 Commercial Exoskeletons in Development at the Start of 2015

As more commercial exoskeletons continue to be developed, can you tell them all apart? This is a visual list of commercial exoskeletons that are either on the market or under development as of the start of 2015. The exoskeleton devices are separated by type: mobile rehabilitation exoskeletons, fixed rehabilitation exoskeletons, powered [more]

List of exoskeleton companies, businesses and startups:

February 8, 2015 // 30 Comments

This is a list of exoskeleton companies, businesses, start-ups and non-profits that have or are actively pursuing exoskeleton, exosuit, and wearable robotics products as of December 2016 in alphabetical order: 20KTS+ (20 Knots Plus Ltd) Founded: 2014 Location: Chichester, United Kingdom Projects: MARINE MOJO The MARINE MOJO is a new [more]