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Powered exoskeletons do exist. IDK if most prosthesises are particularly sturdy, the connection to the body (i.e. arm/leg stump) would be a weak point that’s difficult to overcome and most people are probably more interested in fine control.
It’s coming, just not quite there yet.
I think it’s close? Like 5-20 years close for commercially available robotics prosthetics systems (probably still need doctor’s prescriptions for it though)
- We already have pretty well-established prosthetics systems at the moment
- China and Japan (esp China) have some pretty exciting robotics breakthroughs, see the hilarious robotics Olympics from China recently
- However, China isn’t the best at manufacturing QC yet, so widespread deployment may take a few years from above


