EditorialPresident Joe Biden, left, looks on as military veteran John Caruso demonstrates the use of an exoskeleton designed to help people with spinal cord injuries during a visit to the Forth Worth Veterans Affairs clinic in Fort Worth, Texas, on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialEmployees with Disney’s Imagineering division work on a full-body exoskeleton that could be applied to a wide variety of oversize characters at a workshop in Burbank, Calif., on May 26, 2021. (Adam Amengual/The New York Times)
EditorialEmployees with Disney’s Imagineering division work on a full-body exoskeleton that could be applied to a wide variety of oversize characters at a workshop in Burbank, Calif., on May 26, 2021. (Adam Amengual/The New York Times)
EditorialAttendees test the Guardian XO, by Sarcos Robotics, a body-powered exoskeleton, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Jan. 7, 2020. (Alex Welsh/The New York Times)