CategoryExoskeletons
Overview
Skip is a San Francisco-based robotics and mobility company spun out of Google X, developing the MO/GO ultralight exoskeleton — the first 'e-bike for walking' that provides powered assistance for hiking, walking, and standing. Founded by Kathryn Zealand to help people stay active through aging and injury.
Reality check
MO/GO assistance (company-claimed)
Up to 40% leg boost uphill and up to 30 lb lighter feel; supports knees downhill.
Regulatory (company-claimed)
MO/GO is not a medical device and is not FDA cleared.
Recognition (company-claimed)
TIME Best Invention of 2024.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Data & sources
Web sources
2
2 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Skip has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Arc'teryx1× joint
Most recent
- Skip x Arc'teryx (MO/GO Powered Pants)2024-07-24with Arc'teryxoperating
Skip on the deployment map
View the global map1 verified deployment across 1 region, newest verified Jul 2024. Explore where Skip's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Skip deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Kathryn Zealand Founder & CEOsecondary-verified
Founders (1)
Safety record
No incidents on record for Skip.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Skip1 deployment
Recent coverage
Skip in third-party press
Peer companies
- Gobio Robot6 models
- Fourier Intelligence4 models
- Honda4 models
- Lifeward3 models
- Lockheed Martin3 models
- Wandercraft3 models
Mentioned on (5)
Registry pages whose text names Skip.
Robots and products (1)
Deployments (2)
MO/GO at North Vancouver, Canada, Archer Midnight at California
People (2)
Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating
Every company Skip has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Skip x Arc'teryx (MO/GO Powered Pants)2024-07-24with Arc'teryxoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Arc'teryx1× joint
All 1 partnerships
open in the atlas →- Skip x Arc'teryx (MO/GO Powered Pants)withArc'teryxdevelopment2024-07-24operating
Timeline
Every recorded move in Skip’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipSkip x Arc'teryx (MO/GO Powered Pants)
2024-07-24Skip (a Google X spinout) partnered with Arc'teryx's Advanced Concepts team to develop and launch MO/GO, the world's first powered pants using wearable robotics. The product provides a 40% boost to leg muscles on ascents and knee support on descents, with reservations opening July 2024 and shipments planned for late 2025.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJul 24, 2024
MO/GO at North Vancouver, Canada
Sources (2)
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-21
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Skip.Peer companies
- Gobio Robot6 models
- Fourier Intelligence4 models
- Honda4 models
- Lifeward3 models
- Lockheed Martin3 models
- Wandercraft3 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Skip from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Kathryn Zealand (Skip) on robotic exoskeletons, mobility for life, and spinning out of Google X
Kathryn Zealand founded Skip to help people stay active through aging and injury, spun out of Google X with the MO/GO ultralight exoskeleton.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/skip.md
- RSS feed: /companies/skip/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/b9f91ec4-d6bd-4b73-bfc0-339a3f0a9b9d
- Revision history: /companies/skip/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Gobio Robot6 models
- Fourier Intelligence4 models
- Honda4 models
- Lifeward3 models
- Lockheed Martin3 models
- Wandercraft3 models
Video
Shout out to Skippa the robot for her help on this one. MUSIC- 0:11- Cereal Killa- Blue Wednesday - https://soundcloud.com/bluewednesday/ 0:35- Pokemon in NYC- Andrew Applepie- http://andrewapplepie.com/ 1:14- Danijel
I built a friend addon: https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/marketplace/pdp?id=f83f06ba-d146-466e-a1aa-2949f6ed11cd Edited by NOOBster ------ Portions of this vid
A food delivery service is rolling out a robotic pilot delivery program in Markham. Alessandra Carneiro reports.
This video is a guide with the main skips in I'm Not a Robot by Neal Agarwal. If you want me to do another video to explain a few levels in more detail, let me
probably mobile 60hz only but idk trying to get bims/conix's attention abt this
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Heat Index
Serious52/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Skip draws attention at the 91st percentile but verifies reality at the 14th percentile among exoskeletons. Hype Gap +77, 2nd widest among exoskeletons.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Nov 6, 2026