Future Workers May Wear More than Personal Displays
While much is being promised for those in the workforce that will do hands-free personal displays for Augmented Reality, some workers may begin wearing an entire exoskeleton to improve on-the-job performance. Depicted in movies such as Ironman, the concept of augmenting human powers with steel and motors could be available as soon as 2016, provided the many components come together. Research on what has since become the Ekso Works suit began in Berkeley Robotics and Human Engineering Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley.
As it approaches its launch, the company commercializing the system, Ekso Bionics, invited Cyrus Farivar to give the system a try. Farivar’s post on the Ars Technica blog offers valuable insights into the technology and the companies for whom such suits could be important enablers.