Bionic Backpacking with the Ascentiz Exoskeleton

Alright folks we're here with Wolfie. We're going to be doing some backpacking, bionic backpacking. I'm sure you guys have seen these. Everybody's seen the ads for these things. I got myself a pair of Ascentis exoskeleton legs for hiking. So let's uh let's do an overnight backpacking trip with the dog. See if I can keep up with them while we test all while we test out these bionic backpacking legs. I tried these on at home to test them out but I have not done any backpacking or even hiking with them on so backpacking overnight with Wolfie should be a real deal test. All right I got them all plugged in time to turn this bad boy on and it feels crazy they're literally moving my legs. Quick side note I forgot to mention in the video that I was wearing the hip belt backwards it's fully customizable and it works like that you can wear it however you want but the intended use is this battery pack part goes right there nicely in the small of your back but with me wearing that big hiking backpack it felt better personally having it this way it's totally up to you totally customizable and it works well either way sit stay the Ascentis exoskeleton is designed to be exceptionally quiet light and compact it's so seamless that it easily fits into your daily routine, and it weighs the same as a 14-inch ultralight laptop. The final version will be even lighter at just 1.75 kilograms. I had to fix your backpack, buddy. Hold on. You know, ever since I saw these, I was super interested in them. Because of my hindrance in my hand, it makes me think that, like, if they had these for arms or something, like, they wouldn't have been such a concern for me. Anybody who has, like, a little bit of an impediment or something difficult doing, why not use a little bit of help like this and these so far are propelling my legs like crazy it's such a weird feeling I got to tell you it's good it's pushing me up this little bit of a hill and the claims are pretty nuts it's saying it reduces leg strain by 35% it lightens up your load by 30 kilograms and can even boost speed up to 17.4 miles an hour it also lowers your heart rate by 15 to 30 30% during activity allowing you to go further with less effort. See you come on bud. Hey, hey boy This looks like an awesome camp nice scenery flat ground Wolfie approved. I think we're calling this home for the night Now I haven't been hiking for 10 hours probably about two hours But the Ascent is exoskeleton with this battery before the modified the final version this gives you 10 hours of hiking time or roughly 12 and a half miles on just a single charge and that's definitely enough for a full day's hike the final model of these will feature a detachable dual battery system extending use to 20 hours or 25 miles one day you do all found something interesting over there wondering how it would do on this uneven bouldery jumbly rocky stuff they're totally fine I'm still being able to tiptoe and put my feet exactly where I need to. What's going on? Well I'm gonna set up my tent and take it easy so I'm gonna give these guys a break, power them down and it's nice and easy coming off. A little bit easier than going on but it just takes a minute to get used to it I think like anything. My boys up here for now. As I was on a strenuous hike I obviously did not bring both pairs but there's two modules the leg ones and also these hip ones. These provide assistive force during flexion like when stepping or climbing stairs to reduce the load on the quads and calves and stabilize force during extension they relieve joint stress and assist in push-off power I'm going to use over this tent this year. I'm sure I will for years to come too. It would be nice if my dog like you know hung out with me. Be cool. Stuck around. He is a really good dog and we do have a good bond I swear. He's just a pretty husky like pretty heavy on the husky side. You know he's on the husky side. You get down to negative two tonight, and I have a negative two quilt was frosty this morning We shall see how I fare Well, hey you came back you came back mr. Butt Zoe's Good boy good boy. Come here boy That's enough, that's enough, that's enough. He's like, what are you doing to me then? Come here, boy. Come on, I love you, buddy. You're a good dog. Come here. Come here, weirdo. Come here, weirdo. That's my boy. I've been in here with Doug a couple times, and we got into the salmon. So, it's a similar time of year, too. I'm hoping to replicate that. I'll go give it a shot anyway. Worst thing is, it'll burn energy, you know? Worst thing is, it'll burn the dog out. that's a pretty good day in my book hiking down to the river with the dog a lot of care in the world man leave all that nonsense out here probably just gonna bring small tackle box in my pocket type thing maybe not even a tackle box just put a lure on what a distinguished gentleman a tree branch wolfies in the river sweet spot nice and deep there too this dog he always comes back though you know I'm turning back I'm gonna go back to camp collect a decent amount of firewood because i would like to have a fire tonight and uh chill out a bit i got a book and this guy by that time hopefully i will have tired him out so i'm gonna walk this way now and try to put the a fright in him considering he's down the trail behind me thinking we're both walking that way but now i'm walking this way and he's gonna turn around expecting me to be there i'll be way far away from him hoping that he realizes like oh maybe I should stick a bit closer and I wouldn't do this normally but this is a wolf normal things don't work he's his own man and I love that about him but we're going this way now the Ascent is functions like a shock absorber cutting knee wear and peak joint pressure by up to 50% ensuring lasting comfort man these things adapt to your movements in real time it almost feels like a natural extension of your body it's got an intelligent algorithm that learns your walking pattern and gait making it more responsive and intuitive over time oh hello what are you doing dude I'm glad you came back all right let's let's go to camp I could definitely tell the difference I hiked out there it seemed all easy peachy keen everything was just strolling along looking at birds and plants and trees then hiking back I decided to turn them off to see if I could see a difference and holy smokes I couldn't believe how far I was I actually felt it coming back not to say you can't hike without them not to say I haven't hiked without them or I won't hike without them before in the future but I noticed the difference when I turned them off it was considerably easier walking that way than walking back. Good boy today. That's a big ol' heaping pile of food for you. Okay, good boy. Bunch of driftwood stuff, beaver chews and whatnot. Thanks. Stick around buddy or else I'm gonna have to tie you up for the night. Good boy, good boy, wolf. Leaves right down, what a good dog you are. Be skimpy on the firewood, cause there wasn't much around and whatnot, but look at that. I don't have to skimp on the firewood, I'm warm. Love it, lovely. Thank you for food, as always, Reminds me of you. I've taken my wife for granted for very many years, and I see the error of my ways now. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm going to be better. I'm not, I was never a bad person to her, but I should have appreciated everything she does for a lot longer than I realized. That's the God-honest truth. All right, lid on there, let her sit. There's a little bit of extra water because I didn't do my two-pot method. I just eyed it, I did wrong. One thing I like about the Ascension is that you can personalize them. They're fully modular and customizable. can swap magnetic covers and patterns in the finalized version they're going to modify hardware and software modules for a fully customizable exoskeleton they're also going to be releasing official accessories so you can tailor your exoskeleton to specific outdoor uses all right guys I'm going to bed it's very chilly wish me luck good night morning it's 8:20 I've been awake for quite some time but it is a cold cold morning and I've been dreading getting up but I got a pee and it's time to get up so let's do that up pretty warm it's cold this morning you go boy there must have been something going on last night in the middle of the night Wolfie Wolfie was tied up he slept outside of my tent but he got he was right next to my door and And he got agitated at around 4 in the morning I was up and looking around and smelling the air and stuff. We're basically right on the trail here This is just a little ways off the trail So it's a corridor for animals for sure Animals take the path of least resistance just like people do keeping in tradition with last night's soupy soupy spaghetti We got a coffee oatmeal soup mix. It's very wet I threw an instant coffee in there too to try to soak it up, but it's warm on my hand And that's really what counts right now. All right, we're going to strap this bad boy on get to hiking wolf He's already gone. I'm sure he'll come back like he does One of the keys to get this on Proper is to take your time when you're putting it on for the first couple times actually and get it The level the height level right because you can adjust the height level the whole way This whole thing can jump up or drop down depending on what you need I took my own advice and I spent some time tailoring this pair to my Specific skinny self and it is riding much better than yesterday And I can feel myself being propelled up these hills getting out of here is like almost all Hill gradual uphill And I can feel it pushing the backs of my legs forward every time every step feel these things pushing me uphill that backs your legs they're like pushing them forward it's like and then i had them on different modes and stuff but i found the orange mode the best for me we're going up those these it's in red now because i was just testing out but it pushes the back of your legs up as you're walking like it like propels you a bit they definitely do work i can feel them moving me and and making hiking easier now if you're interested in these ascents you can check out the link in the description there'll be all you need to know there thanks Ascentis for letting me try a pair of these out thanks you guys for watching thanks Wolfie for being such a good boy we're gonna drive home get Will some flowers and