Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation

How can exoskeletons make working life easier – and keep employees who have to lift and carry heavy loads or work above their heads healthy? Dr. Urs Schneider, Head of the Biomechatronics Department at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (IPA) in Stuttgart, is an expert on this topic and informed the members of Basi, the Federal Working Group for Safety and Health at Work, about this at their most recent meeting.