In any industry, designing things for specialized tools (cranes, forklifts) is typically much easier than designing a universal tool to handle everything. (exos

In any industry, designing things for specialized tools (cranes, forklifts) is typically much easier than designing a universal tool to handle everything. (exoskeletons). They have some niche uses like prolonged work with the arms raised, though. In military, passive exoskeletons are more useful than powered ones. They are just fancy springs to rebalance and lighten the load on soldiers. For medical purposes, exoskeletons are used for thousands of years. They are probably not what you'd call an exoskeleton, though. A basic example is a splint.