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Expanding human mobility with wearable robotics.
Roam Robotics builds lightweight wearable robotic orthoses and exoskeletons, including the Ascend smart knee brace for knee pain and mobility support and the Forge robotic wearable for emergency first responders. The company is based in San Francisco and sells into medical, military, and first-responder use cases.
Company facts
- HQ
- San Francisco, United States
- Website
- roamrobotics.com
Milestones
Ascend was reported as pre-orderable and expected to be available to customers in July 2022.
Introduced the Ascend smart knee brace, a wearable robotic orthosis for knee pain and mobility support.
Press coverage
- Roam Robotics introduces a smart knee brace
TechCrunch · Apr 2021
- Roam partners with VA to test robotic knee brace
The Robot Report
Active products by Roam Robotics
1 shown| # | Category | Key specs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Forge Robotic Knee Brace | Exoskeleton | Runtime 8 hr | 2021 | BBB |
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