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The Japanese company Cyberdyne makes several, e.g.: > https://www.cyberdyne.jp/english/products/LowerLimb_medical.html https://www.cyberdyne.jp/english/product
by A_D_E_P_T 2y ago
The Japanese company Cyberdyne makes several, e.g.:
> https://www.cyberdyne.jp/english/products/LowerLimb_medical.html https://www.cyberdyne.jp/english/products/LowerLimb_medical....
But what Cyberdyne makes is, emphatically, not for hiking or for work. That one at the link is a very bulky, very slow, very expensive medical exoskeleton.
When it comes to commercially-available powered devices, the Chinese favor hip exoskeletons and, more rarely, upper-body industrial exoskeletons. Check these out:
> https://kenqingkeji.com/gongyewuliu.html https://kenqingkeji.com/gongyewuliu.html
There are also passive (unpowered) systems that assist with grounding weight, and these necessarily extend all the way to the foot:
> https://kenqingkeji.com/product_details/19.html https://kenqingkeji.com/product_details/19.html
Arcteryx and the US (ex-Google) company Skip are different -- they're working on models that appear to favor the knee rather than the hip. See:
> https://blog.arcteryx.com/news/arcteryx-and-skip-partner-to-introduce-mo-go-revolutionizing-mobility-with-the-worlds-first-pair-of-powered-pants/ https://blog.arcteryx.com/news/arcteryx-and-skip-partner-to-...
I don't know if this is commercially available yet, though.
- specialist 2y agoTIL medical exoskeletons. Neat. I want gear that can also resist. Akin to wearing weights on ankles. Like the DNSYS's "aqua mode" mentioned elsethread. But for the whole body. Such an exoskeleton could help astronauts maintain strength and muscle mass, right? Then the astronaut could also be passively "working out" while doing other tasks. Further, imagine simulating swimming, burpees, stair climbs, body weight exercises, whatever, while floating in space. That'd be cool.