Power Loader is a robotic exoskeleton designed as an additional human force tool in working hard conditions. The system able to increase the force was developed by a subsidiary venture closely related to Panasonic and called Activelink.

The idea behind this exoskeleton is to design a power amplifier to help humans to work in hard conditions and lift much higher weight than using the power of hands.

This external frame has integrated force sensors able to read the force input of a person. Depending on the force applied by the user, a signal is sent to motors with the scope to amplify the force that the user can’t achieve alone.

It supports a maximum capacity of around 50-60 Kg. The exoskeleton moves in any direction the weight without too much effort from the operator. Each hand can carry a loading weight up to 30 Kg.

Another version developed by Activelink was used at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Based on this exoskeleton, all the improvements were added to this latest version that comes with a compact design and called Power Loader Light.

This suit is under development and the company has in plan to release a more powerful version with up to 22 motors.
The new version will have the capacity to lift weights up to 100 Kg and is engineered to have the same simple features for use as the basic version.