Hyundai’s Exoskeleton Wins Design Award

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Hyundai Exoskeleton – Innovations developed by car companies can have applications in non-motoring situations.  David Brown reports that the Korean’s have just won an award for a different form of technology.

The Hyundai Motor Group covering Hyundai and Kia vehicles has just won a major award in the Product Design category (Innovative Product field) at the Red Dot Design Awards, the prestigious international competition, now in its 60th year.

But it was not for a better engine, gearbox or even exterior design.

It was for an exoskeleton wearable robot, called VEX.

In biology an exoskeleton is a hard, external covering to help support an animal such as a shell.

VEX is designed primarily for production-line workers who need to work with their hands above their heads,

Hyundai plans to develop additional ones that will enhance productivity and work safety as well as support rehabilitation of injured patients.

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David’s boyhood passion for motor cars did not immediately lead to a professional role in the motor industry. A qualified Civil Engineer he specialised in traffic engineering and transport planning. What followed were various positions including being seconded to a government think-tank for the planning of transport firstly in Sydney and then for the whole of NSW. After working with the NRMA and as a consultant he moved to being an independent writer and commentator on the broader areas of transport and the more specific areas of the cars we drive. His half hour motoring program “Overdrive” has been described as an “informed, humorous and irreverent look at motoring and transport from Australia and overseas”. It is heard on 22 stations across Australia. He does weekly interviews with several ABC radio stations and is also heard on commercial radio in Sydney. David has written for metropolitan and regional newspapers and has presented regular segments on metropolitan and regional television stations. David is also a contributor for AnyAuto