Your next load of groceries may be moved by a modern-day bionic man or woman.
The U.S. supply-chain arm of supermarket-owner Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV is expanding its use of a newer type of wearable robotic technology that workers strap on to help ease the strain of lifting heavy boxes all day.
The devices known as exosuits are a tech-filled step beyond the back belts that blue-collar workers often wear, laced with sensors and algorithms that detect how workers move and help them lift and load as they work though warehouses.
Source: WSJ
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