MO/GO (exoskeleton pants for tourists)

2024: Market Entry

At the end of July 2024, exoskeleton pants for tourists manufactured by Arc'teryx, which merged with Skip, an offshoot of Google, entered the market. The electric-powered MO/GO pants feature a lightweight electric motor in the knee area that can increase the strength of a hiker's legs when climbing uphill, as well as absorb impact from colliding with the ground while descending.

MO/GO pants (short for mountain goat, "mountain goat") weigh about three kilograms along with a power boost module and three-hour batteries. The module is attached to a hiker's legs with a pair of carbon fibre braces hidden under a pair of Arc'teryx Gamma hiking pants. Manufacturers claim that such a device will make it easy to put on and remove the module if necessary.

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Manufacturer Skip claims MO/GO trousers will allow the wearer to feel 13 kilograms lighter. The amount of assistance provided by the module changes in real time due to tracking the gait and movements of the user's legs. Thus, the module determines whether a person rises or descends, independently adjusting the settings, however, the user himself can at any time increase or decrease the amount of assistance provided to him by simply pressing a button.

The battery built into the trouser belt and the power modules hanging on the sides are quite noticeable, but the developers believe that this is unlikely to be a serious disadvantage for tourists. After all, the aim of these exoskeletal trousers is to make hiking and challenging hiking routes more accessible to those who don't possess the stamina needed to do so rather than conceal any flaws. Skip recalls that the new exoskeletal pants were created as an auxiliary module for tourists, and not as a medical device that could help paralyzed people. The full retail price of the new pants is expected to be $5,000.^[1]

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