---
title: "Panasonic Will Bring Wearable Exoskeletons to Constructions Sites Starting in September"
description: "The carbon-fiber exoskeleton weighs only 6kg and can carry up to 15kg. When the wearer bends down to lift an object, the suit's built-in motor kicks in and reduces strain on the back."
date: "2015-07-06"
modified: "2015-08-13"
authors:
  - name: "Kayleen Carr"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/kayleen"
url: "https://futurism.com/panasonic-will-bring-wearable-exoskeletons-to-constructions-sites-starting-in-september"
categories:
  - "Robotics"
  - "Robots and Machines"
tags:
  - "robotics"
---

# Panasonic Will Bring Wearable Exoskeletons to Constructions Sites Starting in September

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/panasonic3.jpg>)

- The suit, equipped with Panasonic's own motor and batteries, can operate up to eight hours on a single charge. The price will be around 1 million yen ($8,090). The Osaka-based company also plans to offer leasing for around 50,000 yen a month. Panasonic hopes to sell as many as 1,000 suits a year.
- Panasonic is also working on a next generation of wearable robots for release by 2020, aiming at boosting lifting capacity to 80kg. Activelink, a start-up launched by Panasonic in 2003, is responsible for development of the robot suits.
- The market for wearable robots is still in its infancy, but competition is heating up with such entrants as start-up Cyberdyne - best known for its products for nursing care and medical use - and farm equipment maker Kubota. Demand is expected to grow as corporations increasingly consider robots amid a labor shortage.