Tag: exoskeletons

Back to Basics: Wearables, Robotics, and Exoskeletons

By Grace Hatfield, EHS Daily Advisor Jul 24, 2023 Back to Basics

Updated: Jul 24, 2023

Back to Basics is a weekly feature that highlights important but possibly overlooked information that any EHS professional should know. This week, we examine wearables, robotics, and exoskeletons, and how these new technologies will affect the EHS industry. New technologies such as wearables, robotics, and exoskeletons will likely have a huge effect on the work […]

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NIOSH Notes Lack of Study on Industrial Exoskeletons

By Guy Burdick, EHS Daily Advisor Jan 15, 2020 Special Topics in Safety Management

Updated: Jan 15, 2020

Despite the growing introduction of industrial exoskeletons across several industry sectors, their benefits and risks have not been well studied, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recently said in a scientific journal.  Few studies have been made of the health and safety implications of using wearable exoskeletons, NIOSH said in commentary in […]