We Take a Walk in Hyundai’s Iron Man-Inspired Exoskeleton

Hyundai is best known for reasonably priced, reasonably good cars. But the Korean automaker wants to show it’s as ready as anyone for a changing transportation landscape. It’s not just working on electric and autonomous cars—everyone’s doing that. It’s taking mobility to new places—by building exoskeletons. Yes, Hyundai has made a line of robotic suits to help paraplegic patients walk, and to reduce back injuries in manual laborers. It may seem a strange move, but Hyundai researchers say that although autonomous cars hold the promise of giving back some freedom to people who can’t drive, they’re not much use if an aging global population can’t get to the curb first. A robotic suit could help, and there’s overlap in the sensors and software both need to operate safely. To see what these suits are all about, we strapped one on and flexed our new, electric muscles, in the video above. Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.