Exoskeletons incidents

11 verified incidents involving exoskeletons robots. Source-attributed, append-only, corrections recorded on the record.

• Wandercraft recalls Atalante X self-balancing exoskeleton over a lateral-balance issue that can cause patient falls2025-04-03 · recall
• Wandercraft Atalante X: patient fall after the assistant released the lift while the therapist stepped away (FDA MAUDE)2025-03-17 · injury
• Ekso Bionics EksoNR: knee swelling and a left motor overheating during sit-to-stand (FDA MAUDE)2023-04-14 · injury
• Ekso Bionics EksoGT: lower-back pain on sit-to-stand in a patient with an incompletely healed femur (FDA MAUDE)2020-10-28 · injury
• FDA Class 2 recall of ReWalk Personal exoskeleton due to battery fire risk2020-02-28 · recall
• ReWalk (now Lifeward) recalls personal exoskeletons after battery waistpacks caught fire while charging2020-02-28 · recall
• ReWalk (now Lifeward) Personal 6.0: lateral tibial plateau fracture in a new user (FDA MAUDE)2019-12-18 · injury
• ReWalk (now Lifeward) recalls Personal 6.0 exoskeleton after tibia and fibula injury complaints2017-08-14 · recall
• REX exoskeleton session resulted in bilateral femur fractures in a spinal cord injury patient with osteoporosis2016-05-02 · injury
• Iran captured a US RQ-170 Sentinel stealth surveillance drone largely intact (2011)2011-12-04 · other
• FDA Class 2 recall of Hocoma Lokomat System due to software sensitivity bug2009-05-27 · recall