Exoskeletons operating for real-life applications Companies are beginning to propose, from soldier support to serving to paraplegic patients walk. but they might even be customized to assist everyday employees with their harder tasks, as Lowe’s lift-easing prototype demonstrated. Ford is taking a special tack by investment in the EksoVest, a new exoskeleton that supports manufacturing plant employees’ upper bodies to ease strain once lifting and performing overhead tasks.
Certain Ford workers do these tasks up to 4,600 times per day and up to a million times annually, the car manufacturer noted during a press release. The non-powered EksoVest, designed by Ekso bionics in partnership with Ford, helps lift 5 to fifteen pounds, easing the strain on users’ upper bodies and preventing some fatigue. That help could facilitate prevent workplace accidents resulting from tired muscles and minds. The EksoVest fits workers from 5-feet to 6-feet 4-inches tall and is designed for anyone in load-bearing work, from factories to construction sites to distribution centers.
“Collaboratively working with Ford enabled us to test and refine early prototypes of the EksoVest based on insights directly from their assembly line employees,” said Russ Angold, co-founder and chief technology officer of Ekso Bionics, in Ford’s press release. “A final result is a Exoskeletons tool, which reduces the strain on an employee’s body, reduces the possibility of the injury and help them feel better at the end of the day – increases productivity and satisfaction.”
Ford is presently testing the EksoVest in 2 us country|North American nation} factories with plans to expand the pilot program to European and South American sites. The United Automobile employees lent their support to the idea.
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