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“It really works!” Li Chengde, a 68-year-old tourist from the capital Jinan, told state-run Xinhua News Agency after trying out the device. “It felt like someone was pulling me uphill!”

Currently in beta testing, the exoskeletons are expected to hit the mass market in early March, according to the local publicity department.

Kenqing Technology, the robotic exoskeletons’ co-developer, which was founded in 2015, is eyeing this vast elderly care market. It has rolled out an exoskeleton specifically designed for elderly users, weighing 2.4 kilograms and priced at 17,000 yuan ($2,334 USD) on China’s e-commerce giant Taobao.

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/robotic-e...index.html

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https://m.intl.taobao.com/detail/detail.html?ft=t&id=676854393854

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Use of  wearable exoskeleton robots had been in China's delivery sector for a few years mainly to reduce workers strain and minimise injury...

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Such devices was seen in China sci-fi film "The Wandering Earth II" which many thought was just a movie prop...It turn out to be real operational ULS Robotic suit deployed commercially and in the military.

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