--- title: The dawn of the age of the exoskeleton | daily.dev description: Powered exoskeleton devices are increasingly moving from industrial use into new domains such as search-and-rescue, military logistics, and consumer wellness.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-dawn-of-the-age-of-the-exoskeleton-nigc8pmzx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The dawn of the age of the exoskeleton | daily.dev og:description: Powered exoskeleton devices are increasingly moving from industrial use into new domains such as search-and-rescue, military logistics, and consumer wellness.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-dawn-of-the-age-of-the-exoskeleton-nigc8pmzx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/NIGC8PMzX.png og:image:alt: The dawn of the age of the exoskeleton og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The dawn of the age of the exoskeleton **[Ars Technica](https://daily.dev/sources/arstechnica)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Powered exoskeleton devices are increasingly moving from industrial use into new domains such as search-and-rescue, military logistics, and consumer wellness. Seattle Mountain Rescue is testing Hypershell exoskeletons for backcountry rescues, while IKEA, Ford, Boeing, and Mazda Toyota already use them on assembly lines. A Finnish project (ExoPELA) found benefits for firefighters, and Ukrainian soldiers have used Hypershell units to carry artillery shells with less fatigue. The exoskeleton market is estimated at around $500 million currently, with projections to double or triple by the mid-2030s, driven by cheaper motors, sensors, and control systems. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@yaireo** · 0 upvotes > Basically AI for muscles. does the work for you and saves you time & effort as you slowly lose your abilities and becomes dependent on it. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Hypershell takes $50M more on $120M Series B series as consumer exoskeletons step out of niche](https://daily.dev/posts/hypershell-takes-50m-more-on-120m-series-b-series-as-consumer-exoskeletons-step-out-of-niche-vllqdkklk) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Bio-hybrid robots turn food waste into functional machines](https://daily.dev/posts/bio-hybrid-robots-turn-food-waste-into-functional-machines-r8myjkav9) · Robohub · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [This startup’s super metals could soon be in military drones, luxury watches, and chef’s knives](https://daily.dev/posts/this-startup-s-super-metals-could-soon-be-in-military-drones-luxury-watches-and-chef-s-knives-uxs6p06fo) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Stop Thinking of AI as a Coworker. 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