SGS-verified performance results underscore the need for reproducible, third-party testing across the emerging wearable robotics sector
SHENZHEN, China, Dec. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Hypershell, the originator of the outdoor consumer exoskeleton category, today released the industry's first Consumer Exoskeleton Standards White Paper, establishing a foundational framework for transparent, reproducible, and scientifically rigorous evaluation of wearable mobility devices. The white paper includes newly published, independently conducted and Société Générale de Surveillance (SGS)-verified test results for the Hypershell X Ultra exoskeleton, marking one of the most comprehensive third-party assessments ever completed for a consumer exoskeleton.
Consumer exoskeletons are emerging as the next frontier in wearable technology, which has expanded in the past decade. As a pioneer in consumer mobility technology, Hypershell is a driving force within the burgeoning exoskeleton category and wearable robotics that is built for performance. Its outdoor exoskeletons significantly reduce physical effort during walking, hiking, uphill climbing, and cycling, to enhance human strength and endurance. As consumer adoption of exoskeletons accelerates, Hypershell is playing a critical role in shaping much more than innovation, by advocating for the creation of universally accepted standards, practices, and safety measures for all personal mobility tech manufacturers.
"For the consumer exoskeleton market to reach its full potential, we need evidence-based measures that clearly define safety, performance, and reliability," said Kelvin Sun, CEO at Hypershell. "Our white paper is a first step in defining how every exoskeleton—not just ours—should be evaluated, tested, and transparently reported."
Leading the Call for Industry-Wide Standards
Over the past decade, wearables such as smartwatches, earbuds, and glucose monitors have moved from niche tools to daily essentials. Exoskeletons are following a similar trajectory, but with significantlyhigher responsibility: they directly alter human biomechanics, affect cardiovascular load, and promise to enhance mobility for millions of users.
Yet unlike mature industries such as automotive or medical wearables, the consumer exoskeleton sector lacks shared benchmarks, reproducible test protocols, and transparent reporting frameworks.
Hypershell is calling on manufacturers, policymakers, and standards organizations to collaborate on shared standards that ensure:
- Transparent, science-based evaluation of assistive performance
- Consistent safety and reliability expectations across brands
- Clear, comparable reporting — enabling consumers to understand real-world benefits
"It's paramount that our industry galvanizes early on and moves together toward standards that protect consumers, build trust, and accelerate innovation," Sun continued. "These results demonstrate what is possible when products undergo rigorous, independently verified testing, and we believe this level of transparency should become the norm."
SGS-Verified Testing Demonstrates Measurable Physical Offloading
The Hypershell X Ultra underwent extensive testing at the Experimental Center of the China Institute of Standardization, with results independently verified by SGS, a global leader in testing, inspection, and certification operating more than 2,500 labs across 115 countries.
Key findings include:
- Lower metabolic cost: VO₂ decreased 20.47% on average during uphill walking with the exoskeleton.
- Reduced heart rate: Average heart rate decreased 22.34%, and maximum heart rate decreased 21.60% during uphill activity.
- Lower muscle activation: EMG measurements showed consistent reductions across major lower-limb muscle groups, indicating meaningful offloading of hip and knee flexor and extensor muscles.
- Multi-modal benefits: Assistive effects extended into cycling, with reduced metabolic and cardiovascular load — benefits historically achieved only through e-bikes.
These improvements show how the exoskeleton makes physical activity easier and more accessible for people who want to keep up with family, enjoy outdoor recreation, or reach fitness goals previously out of reach.
Toward Standardized Consumer Exoskeleton Testing
International bodies such as American Society for Testing Material International (ASTM), International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and French Association Française de Normalisation (AFNOR) have made progress on exoskeleton standards over the past decade. However, most existing work is focused on medical and industrial applications, leaving a gap in consumer-specific protocols.
Hypershell's white paper proposes the foundation of such a system—detailing clear, reproducible testing methods, reporting guidelines, and performance metrics, including:
- Clear, technically precise test definitions
- Reproducible protocols for VO₂, EMG, and HR testing
- Uniform reporting formats (analogous to automotive industry metrics)
- Industry-wide transparency regarding firmware, hardware, and testing parameters
- Third-party lab certification and open data sharing
The complete set of findings, testing methods, and validated data is available at: [https://hypershell.tech/pages/exoskeleton-industry-standards]
About Hypershell
Founded in 2021, Hypershell is a wearable robotics company focused on expanding human mobility. Its intelligent exoskeletons adapt in real time to terrain, activity, and intention, making movement lighter and more natural. With SGS-certified performance and more than 20,000 units sold worldwide, Hypershell enhances—not replaces—human ability, shaping a future where wearable robotics become as essential as backpacks for exploration, work, and play.
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Hypershell Publishes First Consumer Exoskeleton Standards White Paper, Calling for Industry-Wide Transparency and Unified Testing Frameworks
At Anker Day 2026, Anker Innovations marks its 15th anniversary by unveiling THUS™ - ANKER's first neural-net Compute-in-Memory AI audio chip - and a new generation of products across soundcore and eufy.
NEW YORK and Bellevue, Wash., May 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Anker Innovations is hosting Anker Day 2026: Where Ultimate Meets Possible, its annual brand event to showcase the newest product launches and technology break-throughs across its portfolio. Where Ultimate Meets Possible will bring together media, retail buyers and key influencers for an exclusive look at what's next in consumer electronics, spanning premium audio, home energy and the smart home appliances.
Where Ultimate Meets Possible will be held at STORIED in New York City, an invite-only experience featuring keynote presentations, hands-on product demonstrations and a deep dive into the company's latest innovations.
Anker Day 2026 debuted innovations across three brands: soundcore's Liberty 5 Pro and Pro Max — the first earbuds powered by Anker's new THUS™ AI chip — alongside VibeOS AI platform and Nebula SpaceFlow; Anker SOLIX's S2000, the world's longest-lasting 2kWh home backup power station; and eufy's EdgeAgent™, a local AI home security agent, plus new baby care products.
Started With Power
Anker was founded in 2011 and released its first product in the following year: a 4,500mAh ultra-slim power bank. It was a modest beginning, but behind it was an engineering conviction that would shape everything that followed. If technology is going to make a meaningful difference in people's lives, it has to be built to the highest possible standard.
2012 - The Beginning
Anker's first product: a 4,500mAh ultra-slim power bank - the start of a commitment to putting well-engineered, reliable power in people's hands.
2013 - PowerIQ™
Introduced PowerIQ™, enabling fast-charging compatibility across both iOS and Android - setting the standard for universal charging intelligence.
2018 - GaN from Aerospace
An early adopter of Gallium Nitride (GaN) from aerospace applications for consumer charging - delivering a 40% size reduction without sacrificing output.
2019 - World's Smallest 18W Charger
Delivered the world's smallest 18W charger at the time - proving that ultimate performance and ultra-compact form are not a trade-off.
2022 - GaNPrime™
Pioneered high-power multi-port chargers with dynamic power distribution - intelligently allocating power across multiple devices simultaneously.
2023 - 240W Wall Charger
Delivered the industry's highest-power 240W wall charger at the time - meeting the demands of the most power-hungry professional setups.
2024 - InstaCord™ & UltraDura™
In 2024, InstaCord™ became Anker's most advanced retractable‑cable technology and UltraDura™ achieved industry‑leading durability.
2025 - GaNPrime™ 2.0 • PowerIQ™ 5.0 • AnkerSense™ View • TurboBoost™
GaNPrime™ 2.0 (most advanced fast charging), PowerIQ™ 5.0 (smartest compatibility), AnkerSense™ View (intelligent display technology), and TurboBoost™ for ultra-fast power bank recharging. The pursuit never stops.
Fifteen years. Eight technology generations. Every breakthrough driven by one and only promise: seeking the ultimate innovation, not as an end in itself, but because technology built to its highest standard is how we put the possibilities people want in their lives within reach. Technology in service of people. That is what this pursuit has always meant.
Today's Milestone: Anker Thus™
For 80 years, chip design has followed the same logic established by John von Neumann in 1945: separate the processor from memory, and shuttle data between them one instruction at a time. For eight decades across mainframes, desktops, and data centers, this model worked. AI breaks that assumption. A neural network draws on millions of learned parameters all at once - and in a wearable device, moving that data between memory and processor consumes more than 90 percent of chip power, leaving almost nothing for actual computation.
THUS™ applies a different principle: embed computation directly inside NOR Flash memory cells, where the model already lives. The model parameters never have to move. The energy previously consumed by data movement is redirected entirely to computation.
The first THUS™ AI chip debuts in earbuds, delivering up to 150 times more AI computing power on the environmental noise cancellation task than Anker's previous-generation flagship earphones.
Clear Calls - the chip's first disclosed feature - runs a large neural network entirely on-device, anchored by eight MEMS microphones and two bone conduction sensors, for a significantly clear call in any environment. Additional AI-powered features including Signature Sound and Voice Control debuted at Anker Day.
"Every AI chip built until now stores the model on one side and does the computation on the other. To think, the device has to carry all those parameters across, many times per second, every single inference. THUS™ puts the computation where the model already lives. The model never has to move again."
- Steven Yang, Founder and CEO, Anker Innovations
THUS™ takes inspiration from "Thus have I heard", a Buddhist phrase that reflects direct transmission - knowledge conveyed as it was experienced, without distortion.
All performance figures are based on internal Anker lab tests. The 150× AI computing power figure applies specifically to the environmental noise cancellation task and reflects the architectural change from rule-based to neural-net AI processing. It is not a general performance claim and does not reflect a process node upgrade. The environmental noise cancellation workload referenced here runs as an on-device neural network model on the first THUS™ chip.
Anker soundcore Liberty 5 Pro: The First Product Powered by Anker Thus™
The soundcore Liberty 5 Pro and Liberty 5 Pro Max are the first two products to ship with the THUS™ chip. Their positioning is organized around three on-device intelligence layers the chip enables - understanding, adapting, and tuning - each representing a function earbuds could not credibly perform before neural-net AI became viable at this scale. Coming to the market soon.
15 Years, One Promise
From our first power bank to a proprietary AI chip in 2026 - the categories we build in keep expanding, and so does the scope of what technology can do for people's lives. Our promise has been one and only, seeking the ultimate innovation, with the conviction that technology built to its highest standard makes the possibilities people want in their lives the ones they can actually live. Fifteen years is long enough to know that trust is earned slowly. Fifteen years in. The pursuit continues.
About Anker Innovations
Anker Innovations is a global consumer technology company driven by ultimate innovation, creating products that help people power, create, connect, and live more freely. Founded in 2011, Anker Innovations serves more than 200 million consumers across 146 countries and regions. Learn more at anker.com.
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15 Years of Seeking Ultimate Innovation: From Power Banks to Proprietary AI THUS™ Chip
15 Years of Seeking Ultimate Innovation: From Power Banks to Proprietary AI THUS™ Chip
15 Years of Seeking Ultimate Innovation: From Power Banks to Proprietary AI THUS™ Chip
