A new product frontier has emerged for power tool companies: Exoskeletons. Hilti has been in this game since 2020, and their current offering is the EXO-S, created in collaboration with German exoskeleton manufacturer Ottobock (we looked at Ottobock's work here). The $1,450 EXO-S is unpowered and designed to reduce strain on neck and shoulder muscles while working above shoulder level. Festool's newer ExoActive exoskeleton is a step above, being powered. The ExoActive takes one of...

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