did you know there are already passive-elastic and powered exoskeletons that you can buy to help you lift heavier stuff?

we looked into it at work a while ago and gave the logistics folks in the warehouse a bunch of these, I figured the fediverse needed to hear about the existence of these because I hadn't really realized they already existed in industrial and well tested widely used forms

Examples:
- https://www.festoolusa.com/campaigns/microsites/exoactive

- https://corporate.ottobock.com/en/media/media-information/exoskeletons

#Exoskeleton #PowerArmor

@anthropy so like those counterbalance monitor arms but for fleshy arms?
@cinebox kinda! the passive ones just keep your arms up, the active ones respond to your movements and you can configure them, it kinda depends on what brand and model you get, some are much smarter than others