Virginia Tech’s Assistive Robotics Laboratory — the internal research unit of US hardware store Lowe 's — has partnered with Hyundai to develop exoskeletons to help employees lift heavy items. The technology will be trialled at a Lowe 's store in Virginia , Virginia where employees have access to four of the wearable exoskeletons. The suit, which looks like a cross between a backpack and rock-climbing harnesses, helps transfer the energy of the wearer’s movement more effectively using carbon-fiber trusses and motors. The suits incorporate carbon-fibre trusses and motors to help transfer a wearer's energy more effectively. Firms such as Lowe and Hyundai are also exploring the use of wearable exoskeletons to assist workers.
Virginia Tech’s Assistive Robotics Laboratory — the internal research unit of US hardware store Lowe 's — has partnered with Hyundai to develop exoskeletons to help employees lift heavy items. The technology will be trialled at a Lowe 's store in Virginia , Virginia where employees have access to four of the wearable exoskeletons. The suits incorporate carbon-fibre trusses and motors to help transfer a wearer's energy more effectively. Firms such as Lowe and Hyundai are also exploring the use of wearable exoskeletons to assist workers.