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Chairless Chair at Ingolstadt, Germany

Noonee's Chairless Chair is a wearable mechanical device that stiffens in place when the wearer assumes a squatting or sitting posture, effectively becoming a chair that travels with the user to reduce fatigue in standing/assembly work.

Chairless Chair by Noonee · Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified · Exoskeletons

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Testing of the Chairless Chair (TITAN version) at Audi production plants. Audi's Head of Industrial Engineering Methods Dr. Mathias Keil reported positive feedback for improving ergonomics in assembly operations.

Exposure

Customer segment
manufacturing
Scale tier
pilot lt10

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Chairless Chair at Ingolstadt, Germany.

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Trust tier
Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-08-21
Model
Chairless Chair
Company
Noonee
Location
Germany/Ingolstadt, Germany
Operator
Noonee
Status
pilot
Operator type
maker operated
Scale at site
2 to 10 units
Site environment
indoor
Location precision
verified coordinates
First seen
2015-04-01
ID
57192493-17b7-4492-9553-a3fb73a6d738

Timeline

  1. Apr 2015
    First recorded
    Chairless Chair first documented operating at Ingolstadt, Germany.
  2. Aug 2026
    Current status: pilot, reviewed
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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Sources (1)

  1. Noonee testing Chairless Chair exoskeleton at Audi production plants · https://robohub.org/noonee-testing-chairless-chair-exoskeleton-at-audi-production-plants/ · 2015-04-01
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-21

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: pilot

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: exoskeleton

Sources by quality tier

1
secondary-trade-publication
Trade publication

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Common questions

What is the Chairless Chair deployment at Ingolstadt, Germany?
Chairless Chair, built by Noonee, is recorded as a deployment at Ingolstadt, Germany on the DEPLOY registry. Noonee operates the deployment directly.
Who operates Chairless Chair at Ingolstadt, Germany?
Noonee, the manufacturer of Chairless Chair, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
When did the Chairless Chair deployment at Ingolstadt, Germany go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting April 1, 2015 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the Chairless Chair deployment at Ingolstadt, Germany?
No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.

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