Where Smart Technology Elevates Human Potential
ExoVibe
is a private R&D lab dedicated to developing advanced software and hardware
solutions to improve a human's wellbeing and potential in all its forms. By integrating promising
technologies with human-centered design, our team empowers people to grow in ways
never before possible.
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Where Smart Technology Elevates Human Potential
ExoVibe is a private R&D lab dedicated to developing advanced software and hardware solutions to improve a human's well-being and potential in all its forms. By integrating promising technologies with human-centered design, our team empowers people to grow in ways never before possible.
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Market-Ready Products
We transform cutting-edge research into impactful market-ready products that address real human and industry needs. Each solution is rigorously developed, tested, and refined within our lab before being spun out as an independent solution, venture or integrated into partner ecosystems.
VibeNet
VibeNet is a powerful engine for operational excellence, helping organizations create healthier workplaces, safer environments, more efficient facilities, and highly engaged teams. By enhancing ergonomics, safety, well-being, and employee retention, VibeNet empowers teams to perform at their best.
Interconnected Super App
Our suite of business software applications brings together people-centered and infrastructure-centered solutions into one seamless platform. It integrates workplace ergonomics, health, safety, and environmental management with robust facility, asset and maintenance, and inventory and parts management capabilities. Layered with productivity, continuous improvement, and workplace community features, the suite creates a unified ecosystem where organizations can support employee well-being, optimize operational efficiency, and strengthen communication. All within a single cohesive environment.
VibeNet Business Applications Are Unique
Easy
VibeNet feels natural from the moment you start. Easy to learn, effortless to adopt, and built to deliver value right away.
Unified
VibeNet connects your people, processes, and infrastructure, centralizing all data, tools, and teams on one powerful platform.
Collaborative
VibeNet bridges frontline contributions with leadership priorities to unlock aligned cross-functional collaboration.
Fast
Accelerate your workflow with VibeNet and start seeing real results in weeks rather than months or years.
Dual-Method
Continuous Improvement
Our business applications uniquely integrate both DMAIC and Kaizen methodologies to drive continuous and measurable improvement across the workplace. By combining DMAIC’s structured, data-driven problem-solving with Kaizen’s culture of ongoing incremental enhancements, the suite empowers organizations to identify root causes, implement lasting solutions, and foster daily improvements at every level. This dual-method approach creates a powerful engine for operational excellence, supporting healthier workplaces, safer environments, more efficient facilities, and highly engaged teams.
Research & Development
We’re pioneering technologies that elevate human performance through intelligent, responsive systems. Our research spans sensorized artificial muscles, pneumatic energy systems, actuation systems, smart textiles, supporting garments, motion capture, intention recognition, secure connectivity and blockchain frameworks. By combining these technologies in next-generation exoskeletons, we develop solutions that adapt to the user in real time and ensure secure data flow across every device. Together, these innovations can power safer, smarter, and more intuitive human–machine interactions.
Artificial Muscles
Soft Exoskeletons
Fundamental Research
Blockchain Frameworks
Artificial Muscles
At the heart of our R&D efforts lies a novel class of sensorized artificial muscles, developed and protected under patent WO2021089594A1. These artificial muscles are designed for integration into soft robotics and exoskeletons, combining compactness, lightweight construction, and bio-inspired actuation to support or augment human movement.
Built-in Sensing & Biofeedback
Unlike traditional rigid actuators, our artificial muscles consist of a deformable core suspended between two tendons, which contract when actuated. This design enables the muscle to shorten, mimicking natural muscle contraction, by transferring force via tendons to desired attachment points on the exoskeleton.
By externalizing the actuation interface, we reduce the muscle’s own mass and footprint, enabling lighter, more ergonomic, and more modular exoskeleton architectures.
A key differentiator of our artificial muscles is that they are sensorized. Each muscle can be equipped with internal sensors to monitor:
- muscle health and integrity
- actuation performance; and
- actuation-fluid status i
Moreover, our signal modules and control unit architecture ensures that signal modules transmit multimodal sensor data to a central control unit, which can respond by adjusting actuation or by generating stimuli-based biofeedback such as, haptic feedback via vibrations or visual feedback via LEDs. This feedback loop enables an intuitive human–machine interface, enhancing safety, reliability and user comfort.
The self-monitoring capability makes our artificial muscles significantly more robust and user-friendly compared to conventional rigid actuators. The result is an artificial muscle with its own nervous system. It knows how it's behaving, it can report issues and it can adapt itself to the wearer. This enhances safety in wearable robotics, prosthetics, or human-augmentation systems.
Bio-inspired Design
Contraction like a biological muscle to support multi-axis movements
Lightweight & Compact
Soft, flexible and light materials rather than bulky rigid frames
Multimodal Sensing
Real-time monitoring of muscle health and actuation performance
Signal Modules Architecture
Data transmission to a central control unit to adjust actuation
Stimuli-based Biofeedback
Communication with the wearer, increasing intuitiveness, trust and control
Modular & Scalable
Modular scaling without multiplying actuator complexity per joint
Applications & Potential Impact
Our sensorized artificial muscles open many possibilities as part of soft exoskeleton platforms
Industrial Ergonomics
As building blocks for soft exoskeletons, our artificial muscles can reduce worker strain, prevent injury and improve comfort.
Assistive Devices
The embedded multimodal sensing and signal modules architecture enable our artificial muscles to assist with gait or rehabilitation.
Performance Devices
Our sensorized muscles enable wearable training devices via adjustable resistance levels that adapt to a user’s movement.
Soft Robotics
Our sensorized artificial muscles are soft robotic actuators that can be integrated into bio-inspired soft robotic applications.
Soft Exoskeletons
We exoskeletons! Our research team developed a next-generation soft exoskeleton based on the design, method and system described in our patent “Improved artificial muscle, exoskeleton, related method and system”. Instead of rigid frames, motors and hinges, our soft exoskeleton system uses flexible tendon-like elements surrounding a muscle core, enabling movement assistance that is lightweight, compliant, and comfortable. A single compact pneumatic system actuates multiple artificial muscles, allowing the entire system to remain 'under the hood' while delivering meaningful support.
Soft Exoskeleton System
Unlike conventional exoskeletons, our soft exoskeleton system uses a fluid-powered actuation mechanism. Fluid, which is preferably compressed air, is regulated to each muscle via pneumatic control valves to precisely inflate or deflate the inner sleeves of the artificial muscles.
The architecture supports complex translational and rotational movements, mimicking the body’s natural joint axes, and allowing full mobility through the complete joint arc. Since the artificial muscles act in a way that parallels biological muscles and signal modules detect motion intent, the system adapts dynamically to different postures and movement patterns.
In our exoskeleton, a user can perform different tasks consecutively without interruption. Moreover, the modular nature of the system allows maintenance or replacement of individual muscles without discarding the entire suit, facilitating durability and repeated usage in varied tasks.
The part of the exoskeleton that holds together the various components, i.e. central control unit, signal modules, tendons, artificial muscles, (stretchable) electronics, etc., is a network of soft straps, textile conduits, attachment points and connectors. This textile-like structure acts like a wearable load-distribution layer and transfers the forces generated by the artificial muscles.
The result is a system that feels more like clothing than equipment, combining engineering precision with everyday comfort. This enables seamless integration into clothing or workwear, which is a major advantage over bulky, frame-based exoskeletons. Rather than concentrated at joints, the structure distributes loads over a large surface area, reducing pressure points and improving wearer comfort, which is especially important for long-duration use.
The design consists of attachment points and adjustable tendons, which allows tuning of muscle positioning and fit per user. This means that our soft exoskeleton can accommodate a variety of body shapes and sizes.
Thanks to the combination of external pneumatic actuation, bio-inspired artificial muscles, centralized control with multimodal sensing and stimuli-based biofeedback, and a soft, textile-compatible architecture, our exoskeleton delivers full body mobility, versatility across tasks, and a wearable, unobtrusive user experience. This makes it not only a piece of assistive equipment, but a flexible, human-centered platform capable of adapting to different users, tasks and environments.
Pneumatic Actuation
External actuation with a pneumatic energy system
Full Mobility
Full range of motion, i.e. moving joints through their complete arc of movement
Multi-use Design
Design to perform different tasks consecutively without interruption
Operating System
Central control unit for sensing, adjustable actuation and biofeedback
Integrable Into Clothing
Integrable into clothing for a more natural and unobtrusive user experience
All body Types
Adjustable sizing to individually adapt to different body shapes and sizes
Fundamental Research
Our fundamental research spans advanced garment design and materials that help guide wearers into ergonomically sound postures and movements. We generate precise, real-world motion datasets by using sensorized motion capture technologies in industrial environments across diverse body types and sizes. Through knowledge-based and data-driven AI methods, we analyze movements by decomposing industrial macro motions into hundreds of micro motions to support accurate intention recognition. Additionally, we investigate state-of-the-art connectivity technologies and hardware adaptations to overcome technological barriers and enable secure, high-performance data pipelines.
Supporting Garments
We research garment design and materials to guide the wearer into ergonomically sound positions and motions, helping improve posture and reduce strain throughout daily activities.
Motion Capture
We use sensorized motion capture technologies to conduct user tests in industrial environments across diverse body types and sizes, generating precise, comprehensive and real-world motion datasets.
Intention Recognition
We research motion intention recognition by using knowledge-based and data-driven AI classification algorithms that break down industrial macro motions into hundreds of micro motions.
Secure Connectivity
We research how to overcome technological barriers via hardware adaptations and state-of-the-art connectivity technologies to transition from complex to secure and performant data pipelines.
Blockchain Frameworks
We research blockchain frameworks to support a network of personal and organizational workspaces designed to enhance collaboration across individuals, teams, and entire organizations. They incorporate identity management mechanisms to ensure data sovereignty, giving users ownership, availability, and fine-grained control over how their information is shared. Integrated reputation systems use gamification and rewards to promote positive behavior and strengthen trust within organizations. Additionally, smart contract capabilities enable decentralized, trustless, and uncensorable peer-to-peer value exchange without intermediaries.
Workspace Network
We envision a network of personal and organizational workspaces to improve collaboration across individuals, teams, departments and organizations.
Data Sovereignty
We research identity management solutions to give users data ownership, data availability, and fine-grained control over how their information is shared.
Reputation Systems
We research gamified reputation systems that use rewards and progression mechanics to motivate positive behavior and reinforce trust within and among organizations.
Decentralized Finance
We research smart contracts to automate programmable, trustless, decentralized and uncensorable peer-to-peer transactions for value exchange without intermediaries.
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