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Area of Science:

  • Occupational Health and Safety
  • Human-Machine Systems
  • Rehabilitation Engineering

Background:

  • Manual handling tasks in the Australian Defence Force lead to costly musculoskeletal injuries.
  • Exoskeletons offer a potential solution by supporting and augmenting user capabilities.
  • Military personnel face unique manual handling challenges that exoskeletons could address.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review existing exoskeleton technologies and their applicability to Australian Defence Force manual handling.
  • To identify how exoskeletons can assist military personnel in physically demanding tasks.

Main Methods:

  • A literature review of industrial and military exoskeleton studies from 1990 to 2019.
  • Identification and tabulation of information on 67 unique exoskeletons and their development status.

Main Results:

  • Lower limb (squat/deadlift) systems dominate (64%), primarily for load carrying (42%).
  • Active exoskeletons comprise 78% of reviewed devices.
  • Human-exoskeleton analysis showed reduced back muscle activation (15%-54%).

Conclusions:

  • Exoskeletons show promise for supporting manual handling, particularly for load-carrying applications.
  • Varied evaluation methods hinder direct comparisons between exoskeleton studies.
  • Significant adaptation or military-specific designs are necessary for effective integration into military settings.