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Field study at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada: 16 male team members wore the Levitate Airframe passive shoulder exoskeleton during 16 real assembly processes with elevated arm postures while bilateral EMG on four muscle groups was recorded (Wearable Technologies, 2022). One of the few exoskeleton evaluations run on a live automotive line; data available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

Details

Subjects

n = 16 · 16M

Setting

Field — real workplace

Protocol / load

16 automotive assembly processes with elevated arm postures; cycle times 66.5-115 s, elevated-arm time 24-73% of cycle

Equipment

Delsys Trigno wireless EMG (1926 Hz) on bilateral anterior deltoid, biceps brachii, upper trapezius and lumbar erector spinae; worker perception questionnaire

Sampling

emg 1926 Hz

License

Data from corresponding author upon reasonable request

Keywords

exoskeleton, shoulder, field-study, automotive, assembly, fatigue

Added to catalog

2026-09-01

Publications

• Gillette J.C., Saadat S., Butler T. (2022). Electromyography-based fatigue assessment of an upper body exoskeleton during automotive assembly. Wearable Technol. 3:e23Significantly reduced anterior deltoid amplitude and fatigue risk; other muscles unchanged.

Exoskeleton

Record type

Device evaluation

Device(s)

Airframe (Levitate)

Body region

Shoulder

Actuation

Passive

Study design

With vs. without the exoskeleton across 16 real assembly processes with elevated arm postures

Outcomes

Muscle activity (EMG), Subjective ratings

This record is part of the exoskeleton collection.

Cite

Cite the dataset as its authors request (check the source page for an official citation); this BibTeX is a convenience starting point.

@misc{gillette-airframe-automotive-emg,
  author = {Gillette, J.C. and Saadat, S. and Butler, T.},
  title  = {{Levitate Airframe on the Assembly Line: EMG Fatigue Assessment at Toyota Canada}},
  year   = {2022},
  url    = {https://doi.org/10.1017/wtc.2022.20},
}