New The Levitate Airframe, A Mechanical Exoskeleton Worn Past Times Workers At Car-Manufacturing Facilities, Such Every Mo Bmw’S Constitute Inwards Spartanburg, S Carolina.

Ford employees article of apparel the like Ekso Bionics EksoVest at the Flat Rock together with Wayne, Michigan, plants.

Both the Airframe together with the EksoVest are passive exoskeletons that rely on springs to comfortably add together upwards to fifteen pounds per arm of overhead lifting assistance. (Ekso Bionics together with others offering electrically powered exoskeletons for medical together with armed services purposes.) Per-unit costs arrive at from unopen to $4000 to $6000 for the devices. That’s steep, precisely automakers intend exoskeletons volition offering long-term savings past times cutting downward on injuries from repetitive stress, thence keeping workers on the job.

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