It makes me wonder if it has any automatic balancing, especially if it was meant for people with mobility issues.

Well, the girl teetered when stepping off the sidewalk to cross the street (0:26). It also looked like she was having to put more work into walking with the thing than the other two.

The point is to allow disabled people to walk again? Or just semi-disabled to walk like they used to?

I’d use one if it meant I could use stairs without knee problems again. If it was going to make me imbalanced (like gal in vid)… well… I certainly don’t need any help becoming more imbalanced.

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Of course it’s got stabilization. Jeezus crispy people… this is an advancement on technology to help people regain the ability to walk do you really think they’re gonna design this and hope for the best?? Perhaps the girl was trying to do the walking on her own instead of allowing the legs to do it for her. I’m sure there is a great deal of getting use to allowing something to walk for you if you can already walk. Think about it.

There isn’t anything but straps that attach it to the body so there is going to be very limited benefit of what the exoskeleton does as far as helping people walk again or augmenting strength. The block lifting suit was more of a mech design, where the operator more or less rides inside to control it while the suit handles the strains around the operator. There was another exoskeleton leg set that might have been on here a while back that the operator sat on a banana looking seat between the legs, you would need something like that to help people walk again. This might be usable for people who have suffered something like a stroke that affects the operability of the joints, where they can still bear weight, but their joints are essentially locking to support their weight.

She just needs to stop tweaking that butt so hard.

I’m looking forward to the youtube videos of the power source of these bursting into flames. Brings a whole new meaning to pants on fire…

Also, from the video’s first few seconds, you’ll notice that the girl’s suit is missing a belt that the man’s suit has. Maybe it was removed because she walks a bit differently, or for lack of a better option in fitting the device on her body. It certainly could account for some of the instability she seems to be encountering.

How exactly is this moving their legs? It would seem that the servos need leverage to pull and push on itself. The only point of contact that would have enough leverage is the back pack thing and they seem to be loosely attached.

This design makes your arms go out to the side more than your normal walk /gate. You can see it on the female when she stops in front of the street. She moves her arms to the back of the leg pieces, but against her sides. This could add to odd walk that she is doing.
or maybe it is riding up her rear and that is just what it looks like.

I could see someone going to lift something too heavy and crushing their hands/fingers between the exoskeleton and heavy object…. sweet

I’m sorry, but $2300/mo.? really? That is such an exorbitant amount for something that you should be able to buy for less then 5 grand. total. That is almost 10 times more than a car lease($300/mo.)

If this were available in the US, so few people would rent one, that if you pool a months worth of rent, you couldn’t buy a prius. If this catches on, it would turn the fat, lazy American stereotype on its head and replace it with even larger one.

Don’t get me wrong, these are pretty sweet, but for walking slowly down the street at $2300/mo. this is the gayest shit ever. Exo’s should be reserved as something like a power tool, no one walks down the street with a running drill in hand normally, do they?

her swaggering is not a bug, its a feature ;)

“We really do want to see this succeed. Every time another advancement in exoskeletons comes around we glimpse the future of mobility and freedom for victims of paralysis.”

…and let’s be real here, powered battle suits.

maybe hers just wasn’t turned on?

Probably not a good idea having a woman show it off as they tend to swing their hips as they walk I could see it being a hinderance as opposed to help for them. I think it would have been a better idea to try and make something for their arms instead.