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Can Using the Hypershell Exoskeleton on a Bike Replace an E-Bike? I Tested It to Find Out

Can Using the Hypershell Exoskeleton on a Bike Replace an E-Bike? I Tested It to Find Out

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I conducted a test to see whether wearing a Hypershell exoskeleton while riding a regular bike can compare to using an e-bike. Adam Doud/CNET I recently received a review sample of the Hypershell X Ultra S exoskeleton for testing in the Grand Canyon. What I was particularly interested in was whether Hypershell could help me, a 50-year-old, 270-pound guy, keep up with my 15-year-old competitive athlete daughter. The device uses a 5,000-mAh battery to power its motors. The motor attaches to arms that are strapped to the user’s thighs, which should help the user pump their legs so they can go farther than they would without its assistance. But hiking is not the only tool in Hypershell’s bag of tricks. While testing the exoskeleton, I noticed there was a cycling capability. Granted, a 50-year-old, large guy isn’t your typical stereotype for a cyclist, but as it happens, I’ve been one for the past 15 years — that is, until e-bikes ruined me. As a technology reviewer, I come across new forms of tech all the time, …

Hypershell X Ultra hiking exoskeleton review: Adaptive assistance for every body

Hypershell X Ultra hiking exoskeleton review: Adaptive assistance for every body

Published by Jenni Sidey

Sign Up For Goods 🛍️ Product news, reviews, and must-have deals. I love hiking, but most of my body does not. I have POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome), which sends my heart rate into the 150s during moderate exertion, and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, which means my joints sit looser than the average hiker’s. My muscles also fatigue earlier, which means the trek back to the car typically feels particularly taxing. These conditions make the Hypershell X Ultra hiking exoskeleton appealing to me. It weighs less than five pounds and adds AI-driven assistance to every step during hiking or even everyday ambulation. Hypershell brought a group of journalists to the Grand Canyon to experience the assistive device and determine just how much it can help all bodies, including one like mine. What it does See It The Hypershell X Ultra is a hip-mounted exoskeleton with motors at both hips, designed to assist your stride during walking and hiking. It weighs 4.7 pounds thanks in large part to its construction from titanium alloy and carbon fiber. The hardware …

Hypershell X Ultra S Review: The Best Exoskeleton Yet

Hypershell X Ultra S Review: The Best Exoskeleton Yet

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All three models in the Hypershell range share the same major update, HyperIntuition. This replaces the previous basic rule-based software (you walk, it adds power) with a system that processes movement continuously and adjusts torque in real time. The argument is that real-world movement is irregular, and the exoskeleton needs to adapt to an ever-changing range of movement. We naturally stop and start, slow down, speed up, stride, mooch, climb, and adapt to uneven ground, but traditional exoskeleton systems were rubbish at this. They only really worked by recognizing repeatable gait patterns and, as a result, made me feel more like a robot than like a human being assisted by one. Hypershell claims a response time of 0.31 seconds and a “human-machine synchronization rate of 97.5 percent” across varied terrain, whatever that means. Hypershell tells me that the aim was not simply to add power but to deliver it at the right moment, so that support feels aligned with your movement rather than imposed on it. In theory, that means assistance engages fluidly, ramps up …

We Strapped on Exoskeletons and Raced. There’s One Clear Winner

We Strapped on Exoskeletons and Raced. There’s One Clear Winner

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Personal exoskeletons were everywhere at CES 2026. There were ambitious designs from newcomers WiRobotics, Sumbu, Ascentiz, and Dephy, while Skip Mo/Go was back promoting its long-overdue tech trousers. Dnsys (pronounced Deen-sis), a comparatively well established name, had some new launches to tease, Hypershell was back with its top model, and Ascentiz had us sprinting across the show floor. An exoskeleton is a relatively new class of wearable device designed to enhance, support, or assist human movement, strength, posture, or even physical activity. The main piece goes around your waist like a belt, and from it, a pair of hinged, mechanized splints extend down over the hips to strap onto each thigh, where they provide some robotic assistance to normal movements like walking, running, or squatting. Once only used in medical rehabilitation and in factory settings, exoskeletons are now being sold as mainstream consumer devices. It’s a rapidly emerging market, too, with reports suggesting growth from more than half a billion dollars in 2025 to more than $2 billion by 2030. Climb every mountain. Courtesy of …