Shift Robotics aimed to get folks walking faster back in 2022, with a Kickstarter project for strap-on powered wheels called Moonwalkers. Now the Carnegie Mellon spinoff is launching a business-specific variant called the Moonwalkers X.
Also new potential injuries. I wonder what OSHA has to say about this? Progress is great, but I do agree that this is pushing the boundary in places when there are probably lots of other areas that could be improved for similar results. The money for this probably came out of a different bucket, to use the business lingo, and I’ve always hated that accounting excuse…seeing expensive toys being bought for one purpose while workers deal with old and broken crap because their “bucket” budget was strained. From a Fortune 400 company…
Also new potential injuries. I wonder what OSHA has to say about this? Progress is great, but I do agree that this is pushing the boundary in places when there are probably lots of other areas that could be improved for similar results. The money for this probably came out of a different bucket, to use the business lingo, and I’ve always hated that accounting excuse…seeing expensive toys being bought for one purpose while workers deal with old and broken crap because their “bucket” budget was strained. From a Fortune 400 company…