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Wearable Exoskeleton



Comau recently unveiled MATE, its first wearable exoskeleton, for the first time in North America, at Automate 2019. MATE has been designed to improve work quality in an efficient and highly ergonomic manner by providing consistent and advanced movement assistance during prolonged overhead, as well as daily tasks.

The MATE Fit for Workers exoskeleton used an advanced passive structure. MATE offers lightweight, breathable and effective postural support without the need for batteries, motors or other devices. It is also compact and ergonomically designed due to the partnership between Comau, ÖSSUR, a non-invasive orthopedics company, and IUVO, a spin-off company of The BioRobotics Institute (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna) specialized in wearable technologies. MATE is fully able to replicate any movement of the shoulder while adhering to the body like a "second skin."

"Reflecting Comau's vision and commitment to innovative, open and easy-to-use technologies, MATE is an important part of the company's HUMANufacturing technology strategy, a concept in which people play the leading role within the smart factory alongside cutting-edge digital tools, enabling technologies and `intelligent' industrial robotics within a networked production system," said a company spokesperson. Developed in conjunction with IUVO and ÖSSUR, MATE is the first available product of a series of wearable technologies being commercialized by Comau. A fundamental aspect of the cooperation is the joint desire to progress and evolve human-machine collaboration within diverse sectors, including: biomedical, manufacturing and consumer. MATE was designed and developed at the Comau HUMANufacturing Innovation Center in Pontedera (Pisa), Italy.

For more information contact:

Cayla Zielinski

Wearable Robotics Specialist

Comau LLC

21000 Telegraph Rd

Southfield, MI 48033

248-727-7462

www.comau.com

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