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ExyOne Shoulder Wearable Exoskeleton by Arbo Design Is Granted the A' Design Award in Cybernetics, Prosthesis and Implant Design
Arbo Design honored for cybernetics, prosthesis and implant design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the A' Design Award in the Cybernetics, Prosthesis and Implant Design category for ExyOne Shoulder Wearable Exoskeleton by Arbo Design. The result belongs to the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the A' Design Award
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
More About ExyOne Shoulder Wearable Exoskeleton
The EXYONE is the first exoskeleton totally designed in Brazil and full produced with the local technology. It is a wearable exoskeleton, with focus on the industrial environment and allows the operator's effort reduction in until 8Kg, improving the safe performance and reducing injuries in the upper limbs and back. The product is designed specifically for the local market worker and its biotype needs, being accessible in terms of costs and customizable for different body kinds. It brings also the IoT data analysis, which allow to improve the worker's performance.
About Arbo Design
The team leaders are acting more than 15 years in several areas of the design. Consulting and collaborating in different countries and abroad for global companies as Midea Appliances, Electrolux AB, Whirlpool Corp, Sundown Motors, Buscar Motors, Philippe Starck Studio, DA Milan Innovation Centre and others. Currently they are responsible part of the global design to Midea Appliances. With firms where the team has collaborated, won several awards and mentions of design, highlighting the Internationals IF, Red Dot, Good Design, Idea, Plus X, and others national awards, including MCB (most important design award in Brazil) and Objeto Brazil (most important design award in Latin America).
Award Record
With this recognition, Arbo Design is a winner of 6 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2017 - 2018 to 2019 - 2020 of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Cybernetics, Prosthesis and Implant Design Award
The A' Cybernetics Design Award is an international competition recognizing good design in cybernetics industry by leading designers and brands worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to cybernetics designers, prosthesis designers, implant designers and bio-engineers from all countries. Entries typically include bionic limbs, neural implants, cochlear implants, retinal prosthetics, robotic prosthetics and artificial organs. Awarded cybernetics designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/cybernetics
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/102383
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/102383
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!102383
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/222338
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.exy9br.com
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- ExyOne Shoulder Wearable Exoskeleton
- Function
- Wearable Exoskeleton
- Category
- Cybernetics, Prosthesis and Implant Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Health, Accessibility and Innovation
- Colors
- Silver, Dark Slate Gray, Gray, Dim Gray and Saddle Brown
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Arbo Design
- Country
- Brazil
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #102383
Credits
- Team
- Valkiria Pedri Fialkowski (ARBO design) and Daniel Kroker (ARBO design)
- Image Credits
- Main image: ARBO design; ARBO design and Shutterstock; ARBO design
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The wearable exoskeleton for industry with the use of IoT (internet of things) that allows the reduction of effort in the operator's upper limbs, reducing injuries and improving performance and safety. The design of this wearable was developed specifically for the needs of the Brazilian worker and biotype, being accessible and customizable, representing the first exoskeleton with totally Brazilian technology and design.
- Inspiration
- The main inspiration was to offer the Brazilian market equipment that is accessible even to small and medium sized companies, which previously had no access to imported equipment on the market due to cost and difficulty of maintenance. Another inspiration is to have a user centered design, the product is developed based on the variety of the Brazilian population (biotype, sex, age), offering the best ergonomics and low maintenance in this market.
- Research
- Desk Field, Focus Groups, Consumer Insights, Trend Mappings. We collect all data through immersive process including consumer, designers and multidisciplinary teams (marketing, engineer, anthropology, etc.). Objective: Bring innovation and differentiation to Latin America market. Method: Consumer-Centric Insights with Design based approach to solving problems. Steps: Research (map and understand), Conceptualize (alternative generation), Visualize (renderings), Realize (prototype) and Implement.
- Challenge
- Through interdisciplinary work with stakeholders (designers, engineers, ergonomists, physiotherapists and workers) to transfer efforts from exo structure to user's body. The result was an exoskeleton that empowers workers, protecting muscles, joints and bones. It's comfortable, washable, anti-electrostatic, anti-odor, with flame retardant and bacteriostatic. It connects IoT to collect data and analyze activities through sensors, supporting healthy and safe work, avoiding repetitive injuries.
- Realization and Technology
- Structure manufacturing process: folded carbon steel tube (automatic folder) and welding. Receives electrostatic epoxy paint. Structure components: 3D printing, machining, welding, drilling, screw, stamping, milling, electrostatic epoxy painting and laser cutting. Vest manufacturing process: sewing and embroidery. Structure materials and components: Carbon steel, spring steel, bronze, PLA, ABS and PU. Vest Materials: polyester and polyamide fabric, ABS loops and PU foam.
- Operation and Interaction
- The EXYONE has been designed to be dressed and undressed by operator in a fast way, not requiring any kind of support. The wearable backpack allows a fast and autonomous use. This takes advantage of both, simplified the use and transfer of efforts from the exo arms structures to the body, in a gradual manner, decreasing the body efforts of a specific muscular structure. The sequence to wear is: 1. Release the waist, chest locks, and buckle; 2. Open the exoskeleton arms to dress up; 3. Attach and adjust the straps, waist and chest buckles; 4. Adjust the strap under the arm; 5. Finally, adjust the level of lift.
- Project Duration and Location
- Started in October 2018, in Brazil. The project finished in July 2019, in Brazil.
- Specifications
- Product dimensions: Width 430 mm x Depth 300 mm x Height 550 mm
- Keywords
- Exoskeleton, Industry, Product Design, Wearable design, IoT, Health at work
