Everyone walks differently -- so this exoskeleton adjusts on the fly

This study only tested the exoskeleton on healthy adults in their mid-20s, so there's still a long way to go to confirm if it can help people who need additional assistance, like older adults who walk slowly or people who work in physically demanding jobs like warehouse workers. And the device is a prototype -- there's still a long way to go before it'd be available. It's not clear how much an exoskeleton like this might cost as a medical or consumer product. Still, showing that an exoskeleton can improve movement in a real-world environment is a first for robotics, the research team said.