Wearable robotics refers to exoskeletons, powered orthotics, and soft wearable systems designed to augment human mobility, strength, endurance, and postural stability across the aging and care ecosystem. These technologies support functional independence, fall risk reduction, rehabilitation, and daily activity enablement for older adults and others, while simultaneously reducing physical workload, musculoskeletal injury risk, and task-related strain for caregivers, clinicians, and service providers. Effective deployment demands integrated management and support intelligence (including user-specific adaptation, real-time monitoring, and data-driven decision support, as well as clear standards for interoperability, safety certification, and ethical deployment) to ensure safe, scalable, and sustainable use across home, community, and formal care settings.
