Explore the innovative journey of exoskeleton robots

Exoskeleton Technology

Exoskeleton robot technology integrates sensing, control, fusion, and mobile computing to provide a wearable mechanism for people as operators.

An exoskeleton robot is a robot system that can be worn on the human body and can provide additional power and capabilities. Exoskeleton robots are not designed to replace human labor, but to combine with humans to give users more capabilities and strength. When the functions of human bones and muscles are lost, exoskeleton robots can provide support like bones and a driving source like muscles to assist human movement, enhance muscle strength, and increase load capacity.

Application of exoskeleton robots

Currently, exoskeleton robots are mostly used in medical rehabilitation, military operations, production, scientific education and other fields.

In the field of medical rehabilitation, the application of exoskeleton robots is relatively mature. Exoskeleton robots are used for walking assistance, helping hemiplegic and paraplegic people to stand up and regain the ability to walk, and are also used to help stroke patients learn how to walk again. At the same time, exoskeleton robots can also be used for rehabilitation training, such as muscle training and recovery training. The efficient rehabilitation training of mechanical skeletons is very suitable for the elderly and disabled.

In the field of military operations, exoskeleton robots can reduce soldiers' metabolic energy consumption and local fatigue, reduce the risk of fatigue injuries, and improve load capacity and combat efficiency, such as carrying heavy objects and conducting long patrols.

In the field of industrial production, exoskeleton robots can be used for heavy-duty handling and assembly operations to improve workers' work efficiency, reduce loads, and reduce the risk of physical injury. Since 2017, some e-commerce logistics companies in China have begun using exoskeleton robots to provide services for load-bearing links that require handling and transportation, in order to improve the work efficiency of the handling masters, reduce the workload, and reduce the risk of accidental injuries.

In the field of scientific teaching and research, the real-time recording of human motion data through the exoskeleton robot platform can help students and researchers conduct human gait, sports biomechanics analysis, data processing, electronic control technology learning, human motion intention development and other work, and quickly complete the matching output. At the same time, the research content can be quickly verified through the exoskeleton robot platform, improving students' hands-on ability, innovation ability, and ability to quickly implement the learned theories.

The future of exoskeleton robots

In the future, with the continuous development and progress of technology, as well as the continuous expansion of application scenarios, exoskeleton robots will play an important role in more fields. Of course, exoskeleton robot technology also faces some challenges, such as the weight, volume, energy consumption and other issues of the equipment. Therefore, one of the development directions of exoskeleton robot technology in the future is to improve the lightweight, miniaturization and energy saving of the equipment to improve its comfort and scope of application. In addition, the development of exoskeleton robot technology also needs to focus on the research of human-computer interaction and automation to improve its ease of use and intelligence.

In short, exoskeleton robot technology has broad application prospects and important research value. We have reason to believe that in the near future, exoskeleton robots will flourish in the direction of civilian use and enter thousands of households.