Only if corporate says so and can afford them, otherwise, looks doubtful and probably doesn’t have a huge number of use cases.
Run time is usually less than two hours, recharge time is usually more than an hour… And if they run out of power in the field - congrats, you have an odd shaped 15 kg weight to carry home.
EDIT: And of course this article is promoting CES, and mentions Ukraine, who started the war with no equipment adb is smart enough to accept all offers of any.
This is a very short-sighted take. This is just the first generation of this technology, it will be radically improved over time.
What are your use cases?
Rescue work.
Mobility aids.…and?
Even then it will all hinge on battery improvements which are illusive so far. I hate to think what the lithium fires will look.
Literally anything that requires physical labour.
Do you not know how Capitalism works? You techno-optimists always seem to have this blindspot:
Is it cheaper than a worker that’s not using one?
I have no idea what your argument is here. The technology will be used where it makes sense to use it, where it provides value relative to cost. Cost and capability will improve as the technology matures. What are you saying the problem is?
You’re a techno-optimists making claims of certainty about the future based on your ideas. Fact is, it’s not being used now for a reason. Such exoskeletons have been around for over 25 years, and have not come to fruition.
Claiming they must, that it’s certain, when they haven’t is a faulty corporate logic, on par with “LLMs will be super intelligent one day” and “we’re in the singularity all technology will keep becoming infinitely better”
Battery density is ultimately a hard problem. Physics and science has limits. Expecting those to be traversed just because you have beliefs or really like a technology. Is foolish.
There’s literally hundreds of “next gen battery” claims each year that don’t pan out. Go look how many times a salt-battery has been attempted. Some problems are more difficult than infinite growth techno-optimists realise.
Gee I wonder why the loader from Aliens doesn’t exist, but we keep building forklifts! Hmmm… Why does grandma not have robot legs, but she needs an electric elevator to go up stairs? Gee I wonder if there’s a reason for any of this!
Jesus christ, you need to touch grass, your online bubble is rotting your brain. You think you know anything about me based on a throwaway comment about some random technology?
Fact is, it’s not being used now for a reason. Such exoskeletons have been around for over 25 years, and have not come to fruition.
This whole article is literally about the range of areas this tech is currently being used in, commercially and domestically, and how fast the industry is growing.
Battery density is ultimately a hard problem. Physics and science has limits. Expecting those to be traversed just because you have beliefs or really like a technology. Is foolish.
Battery technology has been steadily improving for years and there’s plenty of legitimate paths of research for the forseeable future.
