STORY , BY ERICA CORDER COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Engineer teams with
Lowes to create robotic exo-suit
Virginia Tech and Lowe ’ s have joined forces to empower Lowe ’ s employees .
The pair have collaborated to develop an exosuit — a wearable suit with lift-assist technology — currently in pilot at Lowe ’ s Christiansburg , Virginia , store . The lightweight exosuit is designed to help employees lift and move product through the store more efficiently .
Lowe ’ s Innovation Labs , the disruptive technology hub for Lowe ’ s , worked with robotics expert Alan Asbeck , an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the Virginia Tech College of Engineering who specializes in building wearable technology , to collaboratively design a prototype of an exosuit employees could
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