forget man versus machine. at this curry s distribution centre, they re on the same team. some workers here are augmented by exoskeletons, giving them super strength. it s called the cray x and is a wearable robotic device designed to assist those who need to do labour intensive manual tasks. these guys work ii hour shifts, and this would generally be pretty heavy work. they can only wear the exoskeleton for eight hours of that but, if you watch them lifting, it does look pretty effortless. it aims to not only support up to 30kg of weight, but also to make the user lift more ergonomically, both of which should protect the area most likely to get injured in a place like this the lower back. we are the biggest tech retailer in the country, so therefore using tech
they can only wear the exoskeleton for eight hours of that but, if you watch them lifting, it does look pretty effortless. it aims to not only support up to 30kg of weight, but also to make the user lift more ergonomically, both of which should protect the area most likely to get injured in a place like this the lower back. we are the biggest tech retailer in the country, so therefore using tech in our supply chain s kind of important to us. you can see the work that we do here, particularly on loading trailers, can be quite manual. so therefore anything that we can do to make thatjob easier for those colleagues has got to be a great thing to do. the instinct is to walk like a robot, but you don t actually need to. i like the sounds it makes. exoskeleton whirs and it does take some getting used to. so if you come down, nice and slow.
and this would generally be pretty heavy work. they can only wear the exoskeleton for eight hours of that but, if you watch them lifting, it does look pretty effortless. it aims to not only support up to 30kg of weight, but also to make the user lift more ergonomically, both of which should protect the area most likely to get injured in a place like this the lower back. we are the biggest tech retailer in the country, so therefore using tech in our supply chain s kind of important to us. you can see the work that we do here, particularly on loading trailers, can be quite manual. so therefore anything that we can do to make thatjob easier for those colleagues has got to be a great thing to do. the instinct is to walk like a robot, but you don t actually need to. i like the sounds it makes. exoskeleton whirs and it does take some getting used to.