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Launching the Levels of Exoskeleton Assistance—a clear, intuitive framework inspired by autonomous driving levels. This framework helps everyone—users, caregivers, therapists, researchers, and innovators alike—understand and track progress in exoskeleton development and automation

This is amazing. I built one to help my nephew walk, and now selling commercially ( http://trexorobotics.com )

I am fed-up at the lack of options available to individuals. People thought that everyone will get an exoskeleton and be able to walk with it everywhere. But the industry ran into many challenges.

A big one that many dont understand is getting insurance coverage. The way the US healthcare system is designed, it will only cover restoration of mobility, not a restoration of function. So, from their perspective, a wheelchair and some pain meds can do the job easily.

I believe that they key is to start with children, this is where you have families desperate for a solution, higher costs due to them growing and spending their entire life in a wheelchair, and the option to truly have a life changing impact.

But things are changing, people are starting to notice the work that we are doing. We need a lot more people building exoskeletons and similar powered orthotics!!

Looks like an incredibly poor analysis by someone desperately holding onto their short position.

Tesla owners don't use the supercharger daily. The author's assessment that most people do, is simply invalid. Based on my area and electricity costs (CAD $0.101/Kwh off-peak), the Model 3 costs 2.6 cents per mile (and not the 7 cents)

Also, the author takes in the upfront cost of the investment, to make the statement that it takes 20yrs to make your money back. However, he doesn't take into account the resale value of the same investemnt.

If you take that into account, the model 3 comes out cheaper: https://cleantechnica.com/2019/09/27/tesla-model-3-vs-toyota...

The base actuator is an off the shelf maxon, with our custom sensors and custom motor controller. In terms of motion control, safety was the most important piece when designing our system. There are safety checks in the mechanical, electrical and the software sub system. There is a maximum force that the controller exerts on the child, which can be lowered or increased for each child. In addition to the child resisting, we also had to account for spasticity and sudden tone while walking. The controller detects high resistance and caps off the max force it sends to the motor.

That's a good point. Perhaps we can build a similar model to a car warranty where the actuators are covered for a longer period, but other components are not. Atleast it gives people a peace of mind regarding the most expensive items.

Thank you!

We have made significant progress towards lowering the price of our system, considering that similar devices up until now cost $75k-$150k. But it is still quite expensive for the vast majority. Our price will continue to reduce over time, making it more accessible for both families and insurance.

This price is based on our current costs of producing and servicing these units at our projected quantities. It is still quite expensive for most families, unfortunately. Our goal is to engage with insurance companies to make this more affordable and accessible for the larger population, based on the early adopters that are buying and the clinical studies we are doing.

We are still producing at low quantities, but we have a pathway to bring down BOM costs with scale. In terms of other applications, the technology that we are building can evolve for other uses over time, but its not a straight replacement. We wanted to target an immediate need that we saw in the world today.

Thanks! We have done some case studies where we have found improvements in walking. However, the primary case is that by using this device to walk at home everyday, kids can avoid many of the complications that may arise from sitting, i.e contractures, hip subluxation and other issues.

We will be conducting clinical studies to evaluate the effectiveness of our device in helping reduce some of these complications.

My startup is building exoskeleton to help the disabled walk. Our aim is to make a much cheaper exoskeleton ($10k). But we are starting by building exoskeletons for children. Check out trexorobotics.com

I would imagine that companies and people would also be prohibited from making these claims.

But I do believe that is going to be ineffective for the future. Progress would be very slow if there is nothing to claim on Mars, or another celestial body for that manner.

A very interesting discussion, as I do see this treaty changing in the future, but whether it will be country oriented or market oriented will be the big question that defines humanity's voyage outside earth

Is there a karma like system for people that answer a tag/question/channel? How do you plan to measure/incentivize good responses.

good idea, but please get your submission proof-read. There are too many grammatical errors, I can see this as a good idea going to waste due to a poorly structured and worded submission.

I advise not to take advice from random people on the internet who know nothing about your company or your situation

interesting idea. 1.) Can anyone with a link view the image? How does that prevent someone from viewing it multiple times? 2.) Wont the fact of being able to view only a small area take away from the experience of viewing the image? What case do you see this is more fun than viewing the whole image?

really amazing find! Thanks for bringing this out in the community, maybe by getting more exposure facebook will have to do something about this

super cool, how did u manage the physics

how do I buy one?

Thanks for the cool insight. goodluck

I think its a pretty good idea. All depends on how well u design your algorithm. I had a similar idea but wanted to use twitter to get sentiment regarding anything, from people to movies to devices or services.

i once bought a te.vg domain, still lying around not doing anything

great and insightful article

goodluck with ycomb!

this is amazing! thanks