R16,365 exoskeleton deployed in rescue operation for the first time in South Africa

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R16,365 exoskeleton deployed in rescue operation for the first time in South Africa

Wilderness Search and Rescue assisted a hiker to safely descend Table Mountain on Saturday using a powered exoskeleton from Hypershell.

 

[saor]

R16,000 exoskeleton reduces muscle workload by 60%​

You use a rounded number in the article. Why not just use it in the headline as well instead of opening with that clunky, meaningless number?

Anyway.

Pretty cool though.

 

[EmmanuelGoldstein]

You use a rounded number in the article. Why not just use it in the headline as well instead of opening with that clunky, meaningless number.

Sloppy AI slop is still slop

 

[WollieVerstege]

Emergency or not, I want one!
And if you factor in that hiking poles reduce effort by 25% each, the suit + 2 hiking poles means hiking should use -10% effort.

 

[LazyLion]

Well I for one do welcome our new robotic overlords!

 

[Foxhound5366]

Wow some genuinely good news and you've still got some sour pusses on here with negative reactions ...it blows my mind. Some people really just choose letting the world burn, every day they wake up.

Bravo to the local team for actually trying this out and using it effectively in a real-life scenario!

 

[Dean]

Emergency or not, I want one!
And if you factor in that hiking poles reduce effort by 25% each, the suit + 2 hiking poles means hiking should use -10% effort.

 

[Unreal]

So what you are telling me is that for R16000 I can win the comrades marathon

 

[Carl_Johnson]

How much for the version that assists just the left arm? Asking for a friend....

 

[Gordon_R]

So what you are telling me is that for R16000 I can win the comrades marathon

You need a support truck carrying fresh batteries. I wonder who carried all that hardware up the mountain?

 

[Swa]

Is it just me or are other people also picturing not being able to stop an exoskeleton running away?

 

[Pegging]

How much for the version that assists just the left arm? Asking for a friend....

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