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In one of those curious incidences where life imitates art, Geodis has introduced the use of exoskeletons – external bracing – at its distribution facility in Venlo, the Netherlands.

A future with exoskeleton technology was vividly brought to life in the 2013 film Elysium, starring Matt Damon, who spends the majority of the movie in a powered exoskeleton beating seven shades of hell out of savage cyborgs policing a ravaged world.

In today’s world, exoskeletons have mainly been developed for rather more prosaic purposes – mostly ...

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