ReWalk Personal 6.0
[commercial]exoskeleton · exoskeletons · 1 deployments in catalog
Manufacturer
LifewardForm Factor
exoskeleton
Lifecycle
commercial
Operational Reality
Audited
Deployments
1
Target Price
Custom Quote
- EXOSKELETON
- COMMERCIAL
Description
ReWalk's Personal 6.0 is a powered lower-limb exoskeleton for individuals with spinal cord injury; servos at the hips and knees provide walking power, while accelerometers detect weight shifts to trigger each step. The onboard computer, sensors, and batteries are carried in a slimmed-down pack.
Key facts & specs
- website
- https://spectrum.ieee.org/rewalk-robotics-new-exoskeleton-lets-paraplegic-stroll-the-streets-of-nyc
- maturity
- commercial
- lifecycle
- active
- form factor
- exoskeleton
- manufacturer
- Lifeward
- deployments count
- 1
- Maturity stage
- commercial
- Class
- powered lower-limb exoskeleton
- Users
- spinal cord injury
- Runtime
- 8 h
- Actuation
- hip + knee servos
- Weight kg
- 25
- Type
- Personal exoskeleton for spinal cord injury
Safety record
2 recalls and 1 incident on record (3 serious). Most recent: Feb 2020.
Supply chain
- maxon GroupACTUATORS & MOTORSmaxon Group RE 40 brushed DC motors + GP 42 C planetary gearheads (ceramic), four units (hip + knee)
maxon Group RE 40 brushed DC motors + GP 42 C planetary gearheads (ceramic), four units (hip + knee)
FAQ
What is ReWalk Personal 6.0?
ReWalk's Personal 6.0 is a powered lower-limb exoskeleton for individuals with spinal cord injury; servos at the hips and knees provide walking power, while accelerometers detect weight shifts to trigger each step. The onboard computer, sensors, and batteries are carried in a slimmed-down pack.
Is ReWalk Personal 6.0 actually deployed in the real world?
Yes. ReWalk Personal 6.0 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.
What are the specs of ReWalk Personal 6.0?
ReWalk Personal 6.0's recorded specifications on the DEPLOY registry: Runtime: 8 h; Weight: 25 kg. See the Specs section for the full sourced set.
Who makes ReWalk Personal 6.0?
ReWalk Personal 6.0 is made by Lifeward, based in Marlborough, MA, USA / Yokneam Ilit, Israel, founded in 2001.
Where is ReWalk Personal 6.0 deployed?
1 verified deployment of ReWalk Personal 6.0 is on the DEPLOY registry, including at Marlborough.
Can you buy ReWalk Personal 6.0?
ReWalk Personal 6.0 is in commercial deployment and is sold to operators; contact the manufacturer to buy, and see the pricing section for any recorded price.
Is ReWalk Personal 6.0 FDA cleared?
ReWalk Personal 6.0 has 1 regulatory record on the DEPLOY registry: FDA 510(k) clearance, cleared. See the Regulatory filings section for each agency source.
What are alternatives to ReWalk Personal 6.0?
On the DEPLOY registry, comparable exoskeleton robots to ReWalk Personal 6.0 include Ant-H1 Pro, Cyberdyne HAL, German Bionic Cray X, HANK.
How does ReWalk Personal 6.0 compare to Ant-H1 Pro?
ReWalk Personal 6.0 and Ant-H1 Pro (Kenqing Technology · 5 deployments) are both exoskeleton robots on the DEPLOY registry. ReWalk Personal 6.0 has 1 verified deployment on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.
Is ReWalk Personal 6.0 a top exoskeleton?
On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, ReWalk Personal 6.0 ranks in roughly the top 88% of exoskeleton models tracked by the registry.
What is ReWalk Personal 6.0's maturity stage?
ReWalk Personal 6.0 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.
Is ReWalk Personal 6.0 safe?
ReWalk Personal 6.0 has 3 active incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. 2 recalls and 1 incident on record (3 serious). Most recent: Feb 2020. Retracted incidents are excluded from this count.
Deployments
Incidents affecting ReWalk Personal 6.0
- ReWalk (now Lifeward) Personal 6.0: lateral tibial plateau fracture in a new user (FDA MAUDE)[INJURY]
Dec 18, 2019
- ReWalk (now Lifeward) recalls Personal 6.0 exoskeleton after tibia and fibula injury complaints[RECALL]
Aug 14, 2017
- ReWalk (now Lifeward) recalls personal exoskeletons after battery waistpacks caught fire while charging[RECALL]
Feb 28, 2020