Harvard Startup Aims to Prevent Workplace Injuries with Wearable Robotics

Posted under: AI technologies
Date: 2023-12-22
Harvard Startup Aims to Prevent Workplace Injuries with Wearable Robotics

Harvard University spinout, Verve Motion, has secured $20 million in Series B funding, bringing its total funding to over $40 million. The funds will support the expansion and scaling of manufacturing for its industrial-use connected wearable technology, SafeLift™ exosuit. The funding round was led by Safar Partners, with participation from Cybernetix Ventures and existing investors. SafeLift aims to address workplace safety challenges by mitigating back injuries, the most frequent occupational injury. The exosuit, tailored for each worker and task, provides real-time motion sensing and robotic assistance, reducing strain on workers' backs by 40%. Since the company's inception in 2020, Verve Motion's soft exosuits have helped American workers lift more than 300 million pounds, eliminating up to 85 percent of lower back and hip injuries at sites using SafeLift, and increase productivity by 3-7 percent, while creating a positive effect on worker retention and recruiting.

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