Johans Hardwarehub: SPORTSMATE 5 helps you with tough climbs

Johans Hardwarehub is a weekly column in which we discuss the nicest and most striking gadgets and hardware. This week it’s all about the SPORTSMATE 5.

There are many lovers of a long walk, but the real enthusiasts go a step further and look for more challenge in the form of hiking. This is a walk with a considerable distance and often in a rural area or forest, and the environment can be a lot more intensive. Because it often involves long distances, it is also quite heavy and the SPORTSMATE 5 can help with that.

It is an exoskeleton suit that mainly supports your legs. The robot suit has been specially developed for athletes and walkers. The SPORTSMATE 5 is placed around the waist and has robotic arms towards the legs that provide extra strength and support, so you can easily make that tough climb without taking a lot of effort. For years, exoskeleton suits that use superhuman strength to make life easier have been working on. These were mainly large and heavy ones, but the SPORTSMATE 5 is compact and light.

It looks like we will see a lot more of such suits in the future because it simply offers support in all kinds of areas, both for your movement or in the workplace. For example, consider lifting something heavy.

The SPORTSMATE 5 is available for early birds for $899. The standard retail price will be $1458 after that.

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