U.S. Orders Breakup of Exoskeleton Firm's Venture With Chinese Investors

WASHINGTON--A U.S. national security panel has ordered the breakup of a joint venture formed between Chinese investors and a California firm that makes exoskeletons, robotic devices that can help disabled people walk but can also help soldiers carry heavy loads. In an announcement Wednesday, Ekso Bionics Holdings Inc. said that panelists on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., which reviews deals that threaten the country's national security, are requiring the company to end its joint-venture with its Chinese business...