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Panasonic gives us our first look at bionic factory workers
For years, Japan has been showing off various types of exoskeletons designed to support the elderly and enhance the strength of manual laborers. But aside from brief, one off demonstrations, we rarely see those exoskeletons at work in real settings, such as factories. But a new video from Panasonic remedies that by showing one of the first videos we've seen of an entire team of workers outfitted with exoskeletons. The team of workers lift boxes and work in unison, evoking images of "the Borg" from Star Trek. But this isn't science fiction, it's the very real future of factory work in Japan and the exoskeleton is called the Assist Suit AWN-03.