UPaul Collins usebenza kumgca wemveliso kwishishini leFord eMichigan, eMelika . Imisebenzi yayo ibandakanya rhoqo indawo ephakamileyo yeengalo, ngaphezu kwentloko. Ngokucacileyo, ekupheleni kosuku, umva, intamo kunye namagxa aziva uxinzelelo oluninzi. Ungomnye wabagqatswa abagqibeleleyo ukuba bavavanye into entsha yakwaFord: i-exoskeleton ye-torso enika iingalo zakho inkxaso eyongezelelweyo ngelixa usenza ishishini lakho.
I-EksoVest, njengoko ibizwa njalo, ijolise ekunciphiseni ukudinwa kunye nokulimala okunokwenzeka ngelixa usenza imisebenzi kumgca wendibano. Xa sicinga ukuba umsebenzi ofanayo, ofuna ukukhangela phezulu kunye nokwelula iingalo zakho ngaphezu kwentloko yakho, uphindwa ngamaxesha angama-4600 ngosuku kwaye ukuya kuthi ga kwisigidi sezigidi ngonyaka, siyaqonda ukuba olu hlobo lwezixhobo lunokuzuzisa njani umsebenzi.
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Ivest, isiphumo sentsebenziswano phakathi kweFord kunye ne-Ekso Bionics, iphakamisa kwaye ixhase iingalo zomqhubi ngelixa esenza olu hlobo lomsebenzi. I-EksoVest ilingana nabantu bobude obahlukeneyo - nokuba yi-1.5 okanye i-2.0 yeemitha - kwaye ikhululekile ukuyinxiba njengoko ilula kakhulu kwaye ivumela umsebenzi ukuba aqhubeke nokuhambisa iingalo zabo ngokukhululekileyo.
I-EksoVest ayibonisi naluphi na uhlobo lomatshini wemoto, kodwa ivumela ukuguquguquka kunye nokuhlengahlengiswa kokuphakamisa uncedo phakathi kwe-2.2 kg kunye ne-6.8 kg ngengalo nganye . Kubasebenzi ababhalise kwinkqubo yokulinga, izibonelelo zale exoskeleton ziyabonakala. Ngokwamazwi kaPaul Collins, “ukusukela oko ndaqala ukunxiba ivesti, andiqaqanjelwa kangako kwaye ndinamandla angakumbi okudlala nabazukulwana bam xa ndifika ekhaya”.
URuss Angold, umseki kunye negosa eliyintloko lobuchwephesha be-Ekso BionicsUkusebenza ngentsebenziswano neFord kusivumele ukuba sivavanye kwaye sisebenzise iiprototypes zangaphambili ze-EksoVest, ngokusekwe kwingxelo evela kubasebenzi babo bemveliso. Isiphumo sisixhobo esinxitywayo esinciphisa uxinzelelo kumzimba, ukunciphisa amathuba okulimala, kunye nokubanceda bazive bengcono ekupheleni kosuku-ukunyusa imveliso kunye nokuziphatha.
Inkqubo yokulinga iyenzeka ngoku kwizityalo ezimbini zeFord, kodwa kukho izicwangciso zokuyandisa eYurophu naseMzantsi Melika.Ngokophawu lwaseMelika, i-EksoVest ngumzekelo wamva nje wobugcisa obuphambili obusetyenziswa kwimigca yemveliso ukuze kuncitshiswe uxinzelelo lomzimba kunye ingozi yokwenzakala.
Phakathi kwe-2005 kunye ne-2016, i-Ford yabona ukunciphisa i-83% kwinani leziganeko kwiiyunithi zayo zaseMntla Melika ezibangele iintsuku zokuphumla, izithintelo zemisebenzi okanye ukudluliselwa kwemisebenzi, kwirekhodi eliphantsi leziganeko ze-1.55 ngabasebenzi be-100.