Check this out -we’re out here in Las Vegas at world of Concrete and one of the coolest things I got to try out was this Hilti exo skeleton tool balancer.
It’s like your own personal crane. This thing only weighs 17 pounds and you wear it like a backpack.
Hilti uses their nuron battery platform to power the software and motorized pullies.
The Exo-T-22 can lift tools as heavy as 37 pounds and make them feel almost weightless.
It does this by redistributing the weight from the tool to your hips- Just like a hiking backpack.
Once you’re hooked on to the tool, you hit the up arrow and raise it till it’s at the right height.
Now, I was expecting this thing to be really uncomfortable and pull hard on my shoulders, but it does redistribute the weight to your hips and is actually very comfortable.
It made me feel like some kind of crazy superhero like Iron Man or something when I was wearing it-It’s very futuristic.
I definitely see how this thing would help with fatigue especially when you’re working at your waist level or higher up.
So many of my friends in construction have chronic back pain from years of doing this type of work.
My hats off to you, Hilti, for inventing something like this.
What do you guys think? Do you think it’s something you would wear? Let me know in the comments. @hausplans
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Futuristic? That's a modified gun carriage from the movie aliens. The marines use very similar arms to distribute the weight of the MG3s they were carrying. And they worked, which the movie showed off by giving a tiny woman a heavy machine gun to carry.
Batteries finally caught up, that's all
Cant wait to see military usage, it now looks possible for someone to weild a minigun realistically
To go that far, they might as well just design a Tripod stand with the same pulley system
The idea that a team of strongmen are going to bust down like a formula one crew to knock a few holes vs literally using the arms that made them strongmen to begin with…
Again it would seem that the only application is precision in one or two spots. Heck you could design one you just tilt like a turret if it's just about pointing the tool at a certain elevation
"Exoskeleton" it's a packpack crane.
its great that they put the weight on your hips and not your shoulders. its something often overlooked and can make a huge difference
Just a rig like the ones used for filming
I want the same thing hooked up to some wearable legs
Movie shooting camera operators got the same backpack style crane for heavy cameras for years. That's a common design not hilti's invention
Oh man, carrying a Light machine gun in the field while it feels like nothing? I'm in.