Hyundai wants to make exoskeletons cheaper

You put one on and become a low-level Iron Man, able to lift items that would normally snap your spine. The drawback is they can be prohibitively expensive, but Hyundai thinks it can lower the cost of these exosuits that not only give us the ability to lift more, but can also help disabled people walk once again. In Las Vegas last week, the automaker showed off two of its exoskeleton prototypes at a private media event: the H-Wex for industrial lifting and the H-Mex for helping disabled people walk. Both were available for demo, and while I found lifting items with the H-Wex to be less taxing on my back, it's the H-Mex that has the potential to make a real difference for those who would be able to purchase one. In its current form, the H-Mex only fits folks between five-foot-six and five-foot ten. I'm six-foot-three, so I didn't get a chance to feel what it's like to have an exoskeleton walk for me.