Exoskeletons
Powered and passive wearable robotic augmentation systems for industrial lifting safety, occupational strain reduction, and mobility assistance.
Active Deployments
[122 Recorded]- Angel Walking Assist Exoskeleton at Seoul, South Korea[OPERATIONAL]
Seoul, South Korea · Jun 1, 2024 · Angel Robotics · Angel Walking Assist Exoskeleton
Details - Rex Bionics REX at London, United Kingdom[OPERATIONAL]
London, United Kingdom · Jun 1, 2024 · Rex Bionics · Rex Bionics REX
Details - Rex Bionics REX at Auckland, New Zealand[OPERATIONAL]
Auckland, New Zealand · Jun 1, 2024 · Rex Bionics · Rex Bionics REX
Details - Rex Bionics REX at Australia, Oceania[OPERATIONAL]
Australia, Oceania · Jun 1, 2024 · Rex Bionics · Rex Bionics REX
Details - Rex Bionics REX at New Zealand, Oceania[OPERATIONAL]
New Zealand, Oceania · Jun 1, 2024 · Rex Bionics · Rex Bionics REX
Details - Wandercraft Atalante X at New York, USA[OPERATIONAL]
New York, USA · Jan 1, 2024 · Wandercraft · Wandercraft Atalante X
Details - Wandercraft Atalante X at Paris[OPERATIONAL]
Paris · Jun 1, 2024 · Wandercraft · Wandercraft Atalante X
Details - Armeo at Switzerland, Europe[OPERATIONAL]
Switzerland, Europe · Jun 1, 2024 · DIH Medical · Armeo
Details - Armeo at United States (multiple hotel chains)[OPERATIONAL]
United States (multiple hotel chains) · Jun 1, 2024 · DIH Medical · Armeo
Details - Lokomat at Zürich, Switzerland[OPERATIONAL]
Zürich, Switzerland · Jan 1, 2015 · DIH Medical · Lokomat
Details - ATLAS 2030 at Madrid, Spain[OPERATIONAL]
Madrid, Spain · Jan 1, 2023 · Marsi Bionics · ATLAS 2030
Details - EXPLORER at Germany, Europe[OPERATIONAL]
Germany, Europe · Jun 1, 2024 · Marsi Bionics · EXPLORER
Details - EXPLORER at Spain, Europe[OPERATIONAL]
Spain, Europe · Jun 1, 2024 · Marsi Bionics · EXPLORER
Details - GoGo Series at United States (multiple hotel chains)[OPERATIONAL]
United States (multiple hotel chains) · Jun 1, 2024 · RoboCT · GoGo Series
Details - GoGo Series at China, Asia[OPERATIONAL]
China, Asia · Jun 1, 2024 · RoboCT · GoGo Series
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Hardware Platforms & Robot Models
[73 Indexed]- Wandercraft Eve[COMMERCIAL][2026]
Personal-use self-balancing walking exoskeleton from Wandercraft, the take-home counterpart to the clinic-based Atalante X.
Wandercraft · exoskeletons · 0 deployments
View spec - Angel Walking Assist Exoskeleton[PILOT][2024]
Powered walking assist exoskeleton for adults and children with neurological conditions.
Angel Robotics · exoskeletons · 3 deployments
View spec - ABLE Exoskeleton[PILOT][2020–2022]
Medical exoskeleton for gait rehabilitation and mobility assistance for people with lower-limb disabilities.
ABLE Human Motion · exoskeletons · 3 deployments
View spec - EXPLORER[PILOT][2024]
Pediatric exoskeleton for children with mobility impairments.
Marsi Bionics · exoskeletons · 2 deployments
View spec - Chairless Chair[PILOT][2015]
Noonee's Chairless Chair is a wearable mechanical device that stiffens in place when the wearer assumes a squatting or sitting posture, effectively becoming a chair that travels with the user to reduce fatigue in standing/assembly work.
Noonee · exoskeletons · 1 deployment
View spec - Guardian XO[PILOT][2022]
The Guardian XO is a battery-powered, full-body industrial exoskeleton developed by Sarcos Robotics.
Sarcos Robotics · exoskeletons · 1 deployment
View spec - Indego[RESEARCH][2014–2015]
Parker Hannifin's Indego is a powered lower-limb exoskeleton, FDA-cleared via 510(k) in 2016, intended to enable individuals with spinal cord injury at levels T7 to L5 to perform ambulatory functions with supervision of a specially trained companion.
Parker Hannifin Indego · exoskeletons · 3 deployments
View spec - ATOUN MODEL Y[RESEARCH][2017–2019]
ATOUN's MODEL Y (Panasonic) is a powered-wear exoskeleton worn like a backpack that assists bending and lifting, providing up to ~10 kgf of support to the wearer's waist; it weighs about 4.5 kg with battery and runs ~4 hours per charge.
ATOUN · exoskeletons · 3 deployments
View spec - MAX Industrial Exoskeleton[RESEARCH][2023]
SuitX (US Bionics), a spin-off from UC Berkeley, developed the MAX (Modular Agility eXoskeleton), a modular industrial exoskeleton consisting of separate back, hip, and leg support units that can be worn individually or in combination.
SuitX (US Bionics) · exoskeletons · 1 deployment
View spec - Laevo[RESEARCH]
Laevo is a passive back-support exoskeleton for industry and work; it stores and returns energy to offload the lower back during forward-bending and lifting tasks, without motors or batteries.
Laevo · exoskeletons · 0 deployments
View spec - Lockheed Martin ONYX[RESEARCH][2018–2019]
Powered lower-limb military load-augmentation exoskeleton (electro-mechanical knee actuators, AI movement prediction; B-TEMIA dermoskeleton-licensed).
Lockheed Martin · exoskeletons · 0 deployments
View spec - ARKE[RESEARCH]
Bionik Laboratories' ARKE is a robotic lower-body exoskeleton that enables paraplegics and other wheelchair users to rehabilitate through walking; it adapts to the patient's ability, gives real-time feedback to physiotherapists, and (in later generations) supports voice-activated modes.
Bionik Laboratories · exoskeletons · 0 deployments
View spec - Moveo Walking Assist[PROTOTYPE][2021]
Medical exosuit for walking assistance and rehabilitation.
Moveo s.r.l. · exoskeletons · 1 deployment
View spec - Zhiyuan Hip Exoskeleton[PROTOTYPE]
2.5-kg AI-powered hip exoskeleton with gait prediction for consumer walking assistance.
Zhiyuan Research Institute · exoskeletons · 0 deployments
View spec - Ascentiz Modular Exoskeleton[PROTOTYPE][2026]
Modular exoskeleton with swappable hip and knee assistance, presented at CES 2026.
Ascentiz · exoskeletons · 0 deployments
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Real-World Incidents & Failure Modes
[14 Logged]- Wandercraft recalls Atalante X self-balancing exoskeleton over a lateral-balance issue that can cause patient falls[RECALL]
Apr 3, 2025 · Wandercraft · Wandercraft Atalante X · Paris
Details - Wandercraft Atalante X: patient fall after the assistant released the lift while the therapist stepped away (FDA MAUDE)[INJURY]
Mar 17, 2025 · Wandercraft · Wandercraft Atalante X · Paris
Details - Ekso Bionics EksoNR: knee swelling and a left motor overheating during sit-to-stand (FDA MAUDE)[INJURY]
Apr 14, 2023 · Ekso Bionics · EksoNR · United States
Details - Ekso Bionics EksoGT: lower-back pain on sit-to-stand in a patient with an incompletely healed femur (FDA MAUDE)[INJURY]
Oct 28, 2020 · Ekso Bionics · EksoNR · United States
Details - FDA Class 2 recall of ReWalk Personal exoskeleton due to battery fire risk[RECALL]
Feb 28, 2020 · ReWalk Robotics · ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton · Multiple, USA
Details - ReWalk (now Lifeward) recalls personal exoskeletons after battery waistpacks caught fire while charging[RECALL]
Feb 28, 2020 · Lifeward · ReWalk Personal 6.0 · Marlborough
Details - ReWalk (now Lifeward) Personal 6.0: lateral tibial plateau fracture in a new user (FDA MAUDE)[INJURY]
Dec 18, 2019 · Lifeward · ReWalk Personal 6.0 · Marlborough
Details - ReWalk (now Lifeward) recalls Personal 6.0 exoskeleton after tibia and fibula injury complaints[RECALL]
Aug 14, 2017 · Lifeward · ReWalk Personal 6.0 · Marlborough
Details - REX exoskeleton session resulted in bilateral femur fractures in a spinal cord injury patient with osteoporosis[INJURY]
May 2, 2016 · Rex Bionics · Rex Bionics REX · New Zealand, Oceania
Details - Iran captured a US RQ-170 Sentinel stealth surveillance drone largely intact (2011)[OTHER]
Dec 4, 2011 · Lockheed Martin · SMSS (Squad Mission Support System) · Fort Benning, Georgia, USA
Details - FDA Class 2 recall of Hocoma Lokomat System due to software sensitivity bug[RECALL]
May 27, 2009 · Hocoma · Hocoma Lokomat · Global
Details - OSHA: Amputation involving Industrial Robot / Workcell at Honda of America Mfg., Inc. (ANNA, OHIO, USA)[WORKPLACE INJURY]
Jan 24, 2018 · Honda · Industrial Robot / Workcell · ANNA, OHIO, USA
Details - OSHA: Amputation involving Industrial Robot / Workcell at Honda of America Manufacturing, Inc (ANNA, OHIO, USA)[WORKPLACE INJURY]
Jul 31, 2024 · Honda · Industrial Robot / Workcell · ANNA, OHIO, USA
Details - Italian Health Ministry issued Field Safety Notice for Motorika ReoAmbulator[REGULATORY ACTION]
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Active Manufacturers & Operators
[55 Tracked]- Ascentiz
[PRIVATE] · 2 models · 1 deployments · Funding: $2M
Inspect - Archelis Inc
[PRIVATE] · 1 models · 1 deployments
Inspect - Auxivo
[PRIVATE] · 1 models · 1 deployments
Inspect - B-TEMIA
[PRIVATE] · 1 models · 1 deployments
Inspect - Dephy
[PRIVATE] · 1 models · 1 deployments
Inspect - DIH Holding
[ACTIVE] · 1 models · 1 deployments · Funding: $2M
Inspect - ExoAtlet
[PRIVATE] · 1 models · 1 deployments
Inspect - Hocoma
[PRIVATE] · 1 models · 1 deployments
Inspect - hTRIUS
[PRIVATE] · 1 models · 1 deployments
Inspect - Innophys
[ACTIVE] · 1 models · 1 deployments
Inspect - Moveo s.r.l.
[PRIVATE] · 1 models · 1 deployments
Inspect - Noonee
[ACTIVE] · 1 models · 1 deployments
Inspect - Ottobock
[PRIVATE] · 1 models · 1 deployments
Inspect - ReWalk Robotics
[DUPLICATE] · 1 models · 1 deployments
Inspect - Roam Robotics
[PRIVATE] · 1 models · 1 deployments
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Regulatory Policies & Safety Standards
[27 Filings]- ANSI/A3 R15.08 - Industrial mobile robot (IMR) safety[in effect]
United States · safety standard
Inspect filing - ANSI/CAN/UL 3300:2024 - Safety for service, communication, information, education and entertainment (SCIEE) robots[in effect]
United States · safety standard
Inspect filing - ANSI/RIA R15.06 - US industrial robot and robot-system safety (adoption of ISO 10218)[in effect]
United States · safety standard
Inspect filing - BIS AI Diffusion Framework (Jan 13 2025)[in effect]
United States · operational restriction
Inspect filing - BIS Oct 17 2023 tightening of AI chip export controls[in effect]
United States · operational restriction
Inspect filing - FERC orders the six RTOs and ISOs to justify or reform large-load interconnection rules[in effect]
United States · operational restriction
Inspect filing - NVIDIA H20 China export licensing requirement (April 2025)[in effect]
United States · operational restriction
Inspect filing - ERCOT opens a fast-track grid-connection path for large flexible loads (Batch Zero and PCLR)[in effect]
Texas · operational restriction
Inspect filing - Texas pauses new data-center grid connections pending a statewide PUCT and ERCOT audit[in effect]
Texas · operational restriction
Inspect filing - Virginia Governor Spanberger signs Executive Order 22: state agencies barred from NDAs on data center projects[in effect]
Virginia · other
Inspect filing - EU Artificial Intelligence Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689)[in effect]
European Union · other
Inspect filing - Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson proposes a 12-month data center expansion moratorium[in effect]
Chicago · operational restriction
Inspect filing - IEC 60335-2-107:2017 - Safety of robotic battery-powered electrical lawnmowers[in effect]
Global · safety standard
Inspect filing - ISO 10218-1:2025 - Robotics - Safety requirements - Part 1: Industrial robots[in effect]
Global · safety standard
Inspect filing - ISO 10218-2:2025 - Robotics - Safety requirements - Part 2: Industrial robot applications and cells[in effect]
Global · safety standard
Inspect filing