The support skeleton is a non-powered assistant spinal support exoskeleton. It is designed to increase the maximum carrying weight of the user as well as remove stress from the back and shoulders.

3D printed non-powered full-body exoskeleton

Carbon fiber full body powered exoskeleton

Sketches

Prototyping

Materials

The main body would be constructed out of carbon-fiber-integrated PETG, allowing for much greater impact resistance, shear, and compression strength. unfortunately, I was unable to use carbon fiber as my printer at home malfunctioned forcing me to use basic PETG and laser cut wood. Thankfully, I managed to recover a sample part from the malfunction allowing me to test its potential strength.

Methods

I modeled the body in Fusion 360. I also used fusion 360's stress, thermal, and impact simulations to iterate on the original parts, allowing the part to bear up to 250 lbs of force.

Hip brace renders