Applications

Exoskeleton

Exoskeleton is a wearable robotic structure that operates in parallel with the human body to augment strength, assist movement, or restore mobility. Systems range from powered medical exoskeletons enabling gait rehabilitation and paraplegic walking, such as those from Ekso Bionics and ReWalk, to passive and powered occupational devices reducing shoulder and back load in industrial work. Design centers on human-robot kinematic alignment, transparent low-impedance actuation, and intent detection from motion or EMG signals.

Why it matters for physical AI

Exoskeletons are physical AI worn on the body, and their intent-inference and compliant-actuation advances feed humanoid design, while instrumented suits double as natural-motion capture devices for manipulation data.