Flexible Exoskeleton for Load Transportation
Overview
ExoTechHK Limited is a pioneering company specializing in the development of advanced exoskeleton solutions to enhance human motion and prevent musculoskeletal injuries. By combining robotics, artificial intelligence, and biomechanics, the company delivers innovative, lightweight, and cost-effective wearable devices and services to support industries such as construction, logistics, and healthcare, improving workers ability, safety, productivity, and overall well-being.
Problem addressed
Musculoskeletal injuries, such as low back pain, affect over 155,000 workers in Hong Kong, leading to lowered quality of life, reduced workforce availability, and compensation expenses. ExoTechHK’s lightweight, affordable, and intelligent exoskeletons reduce physical strain and injury risks while empowering workers and a broader workforce to take on labor-intensive roles, mitigating labor shortages in critical industries.
Innovation
- AI-Driven Motion Assistance which integrates motion intention recognition and self-learning control to provide adaptive, real-time support tailored to individual users and tasks, ensuring precision, comfort, and safety.
- Hybrid actuation with energy harvesting combines mechanical actuation with elastic elements to reduce battery dependence and enhancing energy efficiency.
- Modular and versatile design to allow adaptable system with interchangeable components for personalized solutions across diverse industries and applications.
Key impact
- Enhance workforce productivity by reducing physical strain and injury risks, allowing more workers to safely and effectively participate in labor-intensive jobs. This innovation addresses critical labor shortages by enabling a broader and more inclusive workforce to take on physically demanding roles, ensuring operational efficiency across industries.
- Our cost-effective and lightweight exoskeleton is over 70% more affordable and 20% lighter than existing solutions, ensuring broader adoption across industries. The lightweight design also promotes long-term usability, maintaining comfort and performance without compromising quality.
- Reduce workplace injuries to foster a safer workplace and more sustainable workforce. Minimise lost workdays and compensation payouts.
Award
- Gold - International exhibition of inventions of Geneva
- Champion - The Vice Chancellor's Cup of Student Entrepreneurship, CUHK
Application
- Construction: Assists workers in lifting and carrying heavy materials, reducing physical strain and the risk of injury while improving efficiency in demanding tasks.
- Logistics and Warehousing: Aids workers in loading, unloading, and moving heavy items, improving operational efficiency and ensuring workplace safety in high-demand environments.
- Consumer Use: Offers everyday users assistance with strenuous activities like home improvement, moving heavy objects, or gardening.
- General Business Use: Provides ergonomic support for workers in physically intensive roles, such maintinence, retail stocking, and delivery services.
