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Wearable robots

A robot you put on — a powered exoskeleton or exosuit that adds motor force to your own joints to help you walk, lift or recover.

  • wearable robot
  • exosuit

What it is

A wearable robot is strapped to the body and moves with it, adding powered assistance to the wearer's own effort. Unlike every other robot on this site it has no job of its own; it works only through the person inside it. So the design problem is fit, comfort and reading intent: the controller must guess the wearer's next move within milliseconds, with every gram of motor and battery carried on the body.

Also called exosuits. In this taxonomy the rule is worn on the body and powered; a passive exoskeleton of springs and levers is out of scope. Two children: Exoskeleton, which assists a limb, and Prosthesis, which replaces one.

The types

  • Exoskeleton — powered assistance alongside an intact limb; consumer, clinical and industrial are segment and application, not categories.
  • Prosthesis — a powered limb or joint that replaces a missing one.

What to compare

Attribute Why it matters In this catalogue
body_region Hip, knee, full lower body, back or shoulder — one joint's exoskeleton does nothing for another lower-limb (3)
mass Carried on the body, so every kilogram is felt all day 1.6 kg (Dnsys X1) – 1.7 kg (Hypershell X Series)
battery_runtime Hours or kilometres of assisted walking; swappable packs matter not yet in the catalogue
ip_rating Sweat and rain on a hiking exoskeleton 1 entry
autonomy How much of the assist the wearer chooses and how much the controller does assisted (3)

Price picture (observed 2026-10-28)

  • Education, hobby & consumer: USD 1,299 (Dnsys X1) to USD 1,599 (Hypershell X Series).
  • On quotation: EksoNR.

Prices are the latest observation per product, in the seller's currency; see each record's offers for history and VAT notes.

In the catalogue

Professional / industrial: EksoNR
Education, hobby & consumer: Dnsys X1 · Hypershell X Series

Edge cases

  • Passive exoskeletons (springs, no motor): not listed.
  • Powered prosthetic limbs: worn and powered, but they replace a limb rather than assist one — Prosthesis, not Exoskeleton.
  • Haptic gloves driving a remote robot: Component > Teleoperation.

Related

Robot · Arm · Humanoid · Legged robot · Ground robot · Mobile manipulator · Aerial robot · Aquatic robot · Stationary robot · Kit · Exoskeleton (3) · Prosthesis (0) · Teleoperation

Rule of membership

Worn on the body and powered. Passive (unpowered) exoskeletons are out of scope for this taxonomy.

Category rb-8 in the whatrobot taxonomy.