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Travoli

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Consumer-grade exoskeleton for walking assistance
« on: May 05, 2024, 10:37:04 PM »
900 watts of walking assistance or resistance, depending on your use case. That's more than my electric bike. Youtube reviews seem to focus on hiking, running, jumping and resistance training, but I think they'd do even better marketing to seniors.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dnsys/dnsys-x1-exoskeleton-unleash-superhuman-athletic-potential

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Re: Consumer-grade exoskeleton for walking assistance
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2024, 11:22:02 PM »
>seniors

*almost* pulled the trigger on that one
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Re: Consumer-grade exoskeleton for walking assistance
« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2024, 11:42:29 PM »
>*almost*

What was the deal breaker?
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Re: Consumer-grade exoskeleton for walking assistance
« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2024, 12:31:12 AM »
Watching that second video was pretty helpful in understanding how it works.  I wasn't sure it would work at first glance because it transfers the force over to the hip and other leg.  I remember the one being developed for the US army had an exoskeleton that went all the way to the ground so that it carried some of the load.

BTW, did you guys see the Moonwalkers?  Kinda the same thing but different.
https://www.wired.com/video/watch/on-the-go-moonwalkers
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Re: Consumer-grade exoskeleton for walking assistance
« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2024, 02:18:19 AM »
No no no. Just no.

This would be potentially great for people who are elderly or in the early stages of MS or Parkinson’s. So many worthy use cases, but superhiker is simply not one of them. There is nobody I know who runs and hikes trails who wants something like this.

If we wanted complex assistive technology, we would be cyclists ;-)
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Re: Consumer-grade exoskeleton for walking assistance
« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2024, 03:30:15 AM »
>deal breaker?

Odds are I would never bother using it even if it turned out to be solid tech (which I doubt).
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Re: Consumer-grade exoskeleton for walking assistance
« Reply #6 on: May 06, 2024, 03:22:28 PM »
I think the meathead types will embrace the "resistance" mode to help them build up.  And, yes, people with disabilities such as chronic cancer or MS will use this as well.
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