IP and technology acquisition is expected to be highly accretive and to advance Lifeward’s position as a diversified biomedical innovation companyWill Expand Lifeward’s portfolio beyond lower-limb ...

When stroke patients are recovering from upper-body paralysis, therapists often guide their arms through the lost motions, helping their nervous system to "relearn" the actions. The task can be a ...

Today, HaptX, Virginia Tech, and the University of Florida won a $1.5 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to develop the first program to bring force feedback to upper and lower limbs in ...

A leading cause of disability in the United States is hemiparesis, a condition where impaired motor control, muscle weakness, ...

Researchers from a Caltech lab say they have created some of the first AI that optimizes the gait of a lower body exoskeleton for the comfort of the person using it. Gait is the length and move of ...

A 3D-printed, wearable exoskeleton might be the key to preventing repetitive strain injuries and improving gender equality in ...

As quickly as our brains accept virtual reality once our vision and hearing are hijacked, there are plenty of people trying to extend the illusion across our other senses, moving towards a future of ...

A trio of researchers based out of the Technical University of Munich and Technical University Darmstadt in Germany has engineered a soft, pneumatic exoskeleton that supports a wearer's elbows, thus ...

Sarcos Robotics has been awarded a contract by the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) to deliver a pre-production version of its Guardian™ XO® (“XO”) full-body, autonomously powered ...

In 1959, Robert A. Heinlein published his iconic sci-fi military epic Starship Troopers, popularizing the concept of exoskeleton body armor that allows soldiers to carry more and move further and ...

Cars are Andrew's jam, as is strawberry. After spending years as a regular ol' car fanatic, he started working his way through the echelons of the automotive industry, starting out as social-media ...