{"id":796,"date":"2020-02-24T10:47:54","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T10:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sagaciousresearch.com\/blog\/?p=796"},"modified":"2023-04-05T10:34:43","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T10:34:43","slug":"exoskeleton-augmenting-human-capabilities-key-patents-industry-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sagaciousresearch.com\/blog\/exoskeleton-augmenting-human-capabilities-key-patents-industry-players","title":{"rendered":"Exoskeleton \u2013 Augmenting Human Capabilities: Key Patents and Industry Players"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Since the dawn of civilisation, human endeavours have been directed towards improving our capabilities. Amongst them, possessing superhuman strength and running faster are probably the major ones. Exoskeleton is a technological area that possesses the capability to augment human abilities<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As such, the earliest reference of exoskeleton can be seen in patent US420179<\/a> that was published in 1890\u2019s. During that era, Army had been a major investor in developing such technologies for improving soldier strength. One such project was started by General Electric and United States armed forces, which co-developed and tested an exoskeleton prototype named HARDIMAN<\/a>. The exoskeleton could not find application in real life scenarios as the suit was heavy, thereby restricting movements and had limited power supply. Decades after, with umpteen technological advances, it is now possible to make these suits lighter, reduce their energy consumption as well as closely imitate the movement of human gait. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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