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new arrivals
new arrivals
Discover the new version of the Hapo BACKthe exoskeleton designed to relieve the back on demand
Spring is the season of renewal when nature offers the world everything it has prepared in secret over the past few months. Like nature, the entire Hapo team took advantage of the winter to listen to your expectations, identify your needs, and analyze your feedback. This was followed by hundreds/thousands of hours of redesign, prototyping, and testing until we could offer you a new version of the Hapo BACK.
Back pain, the infamous ailment of the century
Statistics don't lie.
We know well that back pain is a real scourge for millions of workers (and not just them). Each year, back pain costs companies more than 1 billion euros and results in 11.5 million lost workdays, just in France(1).
These well-known back pains, also called lumbago or lower back pain, are part of what are known as MSDs, or Musculoskeletal Disorders. They account for 87% of occupational diseases.
In response to this situation, solutions are possible, such as raising workers' awareness of proper movements and postures (prap training), encouraging body warm-ups before starting work, or the use of physical assistance technologies (notably exoskeletons).
The Hapo BACK is getting a makeover.
Since 2020, the Hapo BACK exoskeleton has come a long way, both in the number of units produced (used by thousands of workers), in distance (sold worldwide), and in technology.
This year, the Hapo BACK is getting a little makeover to better address field issues. On the surface, nothing changes. The exoskeleton retains its features that have made it strong: lightness, comfort, efficiency, and discretion. Only users accustomed to working with the Hapo BACK will notice the difference in the new version.
In detail, the Hapo BACK has seen its assistance power slightly reduced to satisfy a larger number of users.
Originally, the Hapo BACK was developed for handling tasks and carrying heavy loads, but experience has shown a gap between the help needed for other types of tasks (notably prolonged trunk bending) and the assistance provided by the exoskeleton. Ultimately, this adjustment of the spring power offers greater flexibility of use to adapt to a wider variety of work situations.
Since power and comfort go hand in hand, the development team has also revised the attachment of the Hapo BACK springs with the textile interfaces at the thighs and trunk. The goal here was to provide more flexibility by allowing movement (pivot joints) where mechanical elements were initially blocked (fixed connections). In practice, this evolution brings true comfort of use, resulting in a sensation of greater freedom of movement.
Everyone has their own physical assistance solution.
Article L4121-2 of the labor code defining the 9 general principles of prevention stipulates that work should adapt to the person, not the other way around. And since morphologies and tasks differ from one person to another, it seems obvious that a single technical solution cannot suit everyone. In this sense, the HAPO team has been committed for nearly 10 years to designing a range of exoskeletons imagined from issues encountered in the field. And as the icing on the cake, these solutions are designed and manufactured in Gard in Anduze, and in our production workshop in Kentucky (for the American market).
Discover our exoskeletons for the back (Hapo BACK, Hapo SD and Hapo CS), for the upper limbs (Hapo FRONT, Hapo UP) and for the neck (Hapo NECK).
(1) INRS, low back pain file.
Contact one of our experts
Our teams are at your disposal to assess your needs and organize real-life situation tests to allow your employees to experience the benefits of Hapo CS in their work environment.
Contact one of our experts
Our teams are at your disposal to assess your needs and organize real-life tests to allow your employees to experience the benefits of Hapo exoskeletons in their work environment.