Wearable Robotic Upper Body Exoskeleton for Workers (Exo4Work). (Exo4Work)

Development and validation of a wearable upper-body exoskeleton to reduce the physical load on workers with the aim of later valorization via a spin-off. This exoskeleton will help to improve the operator’s comfort in non-ergonomic working scenarios (e.g., above-head assembly tasks, reduce physical load on the upper-limbs and guides the loads to the waist (e.g., heavy-object lifting and transport), allow industry to deal with an aging labor force, increase the quality of work and reduce injury risk/absenteeism by decreasing musculoskeletal loading.

Exo4Work proposes a novel mechatronic hardware, a new control strategy of the device and an advanced interaction with humans.

The main valorization goal of Exo4Work is the creation of a spin-off to further develop and market the exoskeletons developed as part of the research project.