Call for Abstracts: https://smart-advanced-materials.pulsusconference.com/abstract-submission

A robotic vest designed to enable construction workers to lift heavy objects with reduced exposure to injury or muscle strain will launch in the UK next spring.

The EksoVest (pictured above), developed by California-based firm Ekso Bionics, is a form of the exoskeleton, worn like a backpack, that can provide 2.3kg-6.8kg of vertical lift per arm when lifting tools or materials.

The device, which weighs 4.3kg, is being trialled by construction companies in the US and Canada, ready for production in September, with a UK rollout planned for March 2018.

#abstracts #osaka #conferences2018#smartmaterials #smartstructures #materialscience#mechanical #mechanicalengineering #robotics#actuators #sensors #polymers #hydrogels#opticalfibres