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A new exoskeleton to support workers in railways maintenance and renewal operations (techxplore.com)

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A new exoskeleton to support workers in railways maintenance and renewal operations::A back support exoskeleton has been developed at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology—IIT) to improve railway workers' safety and conditions for heavy manual material handling during maintenance ...

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[-] justhach@lemmy.world 26 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

This is awesome. Just think of how much this will improve the quality of life if we can reduce the strain of repetitive stress injuries so people can spend more time enjoying their off time rather than just simply recovering from the wear and tear of their day job.

[-] CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works -3 points 11 months ago

Just think about the amount of weapons a soldier could carry with them!

[-] Fpsfrank85@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Help workers?!? Get those to a front line!

[-] CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

Murica! Fuck yeah!

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