Sidekick

Powered ankle exoskeleton that lifts heels with every step, reducing walking effort. Proprietary shoe with carbon fiber plate, battery-powered calf actuator. ~$4,500, launching Q1 2026.

Yes. Sidekick is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.

Sidekick is made by Dephy, based in Maynard, MA, USA, founded in 2016.

1 verified deployment of Sidekick is on the DEPLOY registry, including at Las Vegas, USA.

Sidekick is in commercial deployment and is sold to operators; contact the manufacturer to buy, and see the pricing section for any recorded price.

On the DEPLOY registry, comparable exoskeleton robots to Sidekick include Ant-H1 Pro, Cyberdyne HAL, German Bionic Cray X, HANK.

Sidekick and Ant-H1 Pro (Kenqing Technology · 5 deployments) are both exoskeleton robots on the DEPLOY registry. Sidekick has 1 verified deployment on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Sidekick ranks in roughly the top 61% of exoskeleton models tracked by the registry.

Sidekick is at the commercial stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Commercial stage means production-grade deployments are operating at named customer sites.

Sidekick has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.