H-Medi Pro: 컴포터블 개인 맞춤 로봇 슈트

The number of elderly people experiencing a decline in walking ability is rapidly increasing due to aging, and there are many patients who need rehabilitation due to stroke, etc. However, effective means of walking rehabilitation are limited.

Existing rehabilitation involves therapists manually assisting patients or using work exoskeleton devices (walking assistance exoskeletons). These devices are large and heavy (20-30kg large equipment), making them difficult for patients to wear and causing unnatural movements. In particular, elderly female patients with smaller frames have not been able to benefit from rehabilitation because existing exoskeletons do not fit them.

In addition, existing equipment has a uniform assistance pattern, which does not accurately improve the problem muscles of each individual patient. Overall, the burden of wearing the device and the lack of personalization were limitations of rehabilitation robots, and many patients were missing the opportunity to safely regain their ability to walk.

H-Medi Pro presents a new paradigm of wearable robots. This robot suit, made of a soft fabric interface, can be easily worn in 30 seconds and applies a modular cable-driven actuator that adjusts to the body shape, minimizing skin pressure on the wearer and accurately delivering force only to the necessary muscles.

It weighs only 2.8kg, which is slightly heavier than a regular vest, making it comfortable enough to wear all day long.

In addition, the built-in AI analyzes the patient's gait in as few as 10 steps to detect abnormal gait patterns and automatically generates a muscle intervention protocol optimized for that patient. This is based on patented spatiotemporal gait analysis and joint movement data, which means that it selects weakened muscles that differ from patient to patient and intensively assists those areas. The assist force is precisely controlled up to 200N with less than 3% error, helping rehabilitation with safe and accurate force.

The major differentiating point is that while existing exoskeletons were a combination of hard frames and motors, H-Medi Pro is fabric + cable-driven, allowing it to operate flexibly and intelligently like clothing.

The main customers are in the field of rehabilitation medicine. Rehabilitation departments of general hospitals, specialized rehabilitation centers, and physical therapy clinics will purchase and utilize multiple units for patient treatment.

It can also be introduced in elderly care facilities or silver towns to maintain the muscle strength and prevent falls of residents. Some individual patients may also be able to rent or purchase it for home use under a doctor's prescription, but considering the price, it is expected that it will be mainly supplied to institutions. There is also a possibility that it will be supplied to local welfare centers through national subsidies or insurance coverage.

The business model will mainly focus on sales to hospitals and public rehabilitation facilities as a B2B/B2G medical device. (As it has completed FDA registration, exports to overseas rehabilitation hospitals such as in the United States will be promoted.)

As the world is aging, there is a great demand in overseas markets. It has already been registered with the US FDA and recognized as a global medical device, and can be adjusted in size according to standards, so it can be applied to patients of various body types. Of course, it must pass the medical regulations of each country, but that process is expected to proceed.

Technically, there is a possibility of expanding to other types of rehabilitation suits such as upper limb rehabilitation in addition to walking. For example, derivative products can be developed as wearables for assisting arm or waist muscle strength. Also, although it is currently for rehabilitation training, it can be applied as an everyday walking aid in the long term, and may become a substitute for walking aids for the elderly with weak muscles.

However, due to the nature of medical devices, the market entry speed may be somewhat slow, and since user education by professional medical personnel must be provided in parallel, gradual adoption is expected rather than explosive spread.

It won the Innovation Award in the Robotics category at CES 2026, recognizing both technological innovation and social value. Experts have praised H-Medi Pro for "increasing accessibility to rehabilitation treatment with robot technology," and especially for its delicate design tailored to marginalized patient groups such as elderly women. In terms of technical completeness, the combination of clinical-based data and AI algorithms is also highly evaluated.

Meanwhile, expectations and concerns coexist in terms of the market. The expectation is that it can grow into an essential item in a super-aged society. On the other hand, some point out that price setting, insurance coverage, and acceptance by medical staff will be variables as commercialization tasks. There is also an opinion that on-site adoption will be accelerated only when the synergy with existing rehabilitation treatment methods is proven.

Overall, it is positively evaluated as *"opening a new chapter in wearable rehabilitation robots"*, and expectations for future moves are high rather than overestimation by receiving the CES award and gaining global attention.