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Cybathlon 2024 Gold Medalist
Walkon Suit F1 for Cybathlon is a prototype wearable robot that won the gold medal in the coveted Cybathlon 2024 global competition. Team KAIST—comprising Exo Lab, Move Lab, and Angel Robotics—secured the gold medal at the Cybathlon 2024 with the WSF1 prototype. Pilot Seunghwan Kim and the WSF1 gracefully passed all 6 courses they aimed at, surpassing every competitor who took part in the global competition after beginning the race from his wheelchair, unassisted, before rising to his feet. Move Lab took part in the project from defining the design goals to delivering the working prototype with the help of many teams and individuals who fearlessly took on a challenge never been encountered before. Move Lab is honoured to have helped the entire team KAIST envision and materialise ground-breaking innovations in the most fitting, super-hero vibe... 1 +1 = 1
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A wearable robot you can put on without anyone's help
The Cybathlon 2024’s gold-medal-winning Walkon Suit F1 is a wearable robot that helps people with paraplegia move with ease, power, and style. Primarily conceived to compete in the global competition and to showcase its ground-breaking innovations, it distinguishes itself from the rest with its bold yet harmonious design and innovations - The robot approaches you to where you are, the front-loading mechanism lets you put it on without anyone’s help, the robot can self-balance with the user while providing ample power and unprecedented level of ROM by 12 powerful actuators, its bold and athletic design empowers the user to the next level.
A wearable robot that comes to you.
The Cybahtlon 2024’s gold-medal-winning Walkon Suit F1 is a wearable robot that helps people with paraplegia move with ease, power, and style. Primarily conceived to compete in the global competition and to showcase its ground-breaking innovations, it distinguishes itself from the rest with its bold yet harmonious design and innovations - The robot approaches you to where you are, the front-loading mechanism lets you put it on without anyone’s help, the robot can self-balance with the user while providing ample power and unprecedented level of ROM by 12 powerful actuators, its bold and athletic design empowers the user to the next level.
A wearable robot you can put on without anyone's help.
Current wearable robots that support patients with paraplegia have crucial limitations in that they have to be worn from behind, which makes it impossible for the disabled to put them on by themselves, essentially limiting their freedom, forcing them to rely completely on the presence of another person. WSF1 works as a half-humanoid. It walks toward you wherever you’re - and thanks to its front-loading feature you can put it on without having to lift yourself up from the chair to transfer to the machine. You can simply dock your boots and vest while you’re seated, which could all be done without the need of a helper. Truly ground breaking.
Commanding presence,
Enticing athleticism, Technical revelation
With powerful actuators and front-loading system, the engineering package is inevitably bulky and offsets from the user far. With 3 design principles ‘commanding presence’, ‘enticing athleticism’, ‘technical revelations’ we have overcome the challenge and transcended it to a super-hero-like visual identity. The flowing silhouette and curved contour counterbalance necessary mechanical elements underneath, the forward-leaning attitude in momentum is met by a c-shaped thigh creating bow and arrow like tension, signifying elegant yet powerful, an athleticism the robot and the user create in harmony. Technical details complement muscular volumes.
Autonomous approach, front loading, flexibility 2nd to none
Its best feature is the way you put it on. The robot-suit approaches you and folds its knees down to let you put it on there. Its 12 actuators help the user manoeuvre the robot sideways as well as front and back, opening up numerous possibilities. The suit is designed to keep everything light and agile while providing maximum protection to both the suit and the pilot. Designed to achieve phenomenal athleticism, range of motion, lightness and optimum vision angles, it keeps everything light. 6 handles are integrated within reach so the pilot and operators of the competition can reach out in case of emergency.
Completely unique
No other machine yet on the market automatically approaches the user on its feet to help them put it on. The front-loading capability, self-loading capability and autonomous mode are all ground breaking innovations. While its technical details set its tone apart, it is the aesthetics that refuse to be near others. Its inevitable package size is deceptively disguised with forward leaning silhouette and lightweight treatment of the volumes while its surfacing reveals voluptuous and sensuous curves with technical details. The overall design sets it apart from generically medical devices. Its well appointed style signals a new era of wearables.
A super-hero raw and wild,
not a patient
It serves people with less mobility who have often been marginalised by society. Helping them stand on their feet again and contribute to society through their strength is a liberating experience where more parts of our society feel empowered. Giving them hope and the ability to lock eyes at the same level as others, and being seen not in a medical device but in a super-hero costume means we have a healthier and brighter society that has a much better chance of sustaining itself. There’s also no need for a carer to move around and produce pollution, literally saving carbon footprints and keeping the product lifecycle sustainable.
Freedom,
Dignity,
Empowerment
With powerful actuators and front-loading system, the engineering package is inevitably bulky and offsets from the user far. With 3 design principles ‘commanding presence’, ‘enticing athleticism’, ‘technical revelations’ we have overcome the challenge and transcended it to a super-hero-like visual identity. The flowing silhouette and curved contour counterbalance necessary mechanical elements underneath, the forward-leaning attitude in momentum is met by a c-shaped thigh creating bow and arrow like tension, signifying elegant yet powerful, an athleticism the robot and the user create in harmony. Technical details complement muscular volumes.
Future of wearable robots just started.
With powerful actuators and front-loading system, the engineering package is inevitably bulky and offsets from the user far. With 3 design principles ‘commanding presence’, ‘enticing athleticism’, ‘technical revelations’ we have overcome the challenge and transcended it to a super-hero-like visual identity. The flowing silhouette and curved contour counterbalance necessary mechanical elements underneath, the forward-leaning attitude in momentum is met by a c-shaped thigh creating bow and arrow like tension, signifying elegant yet powerful, an athleticism the robot and the user create in harmony. Technical details complement muscular volumes.
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