In terms of performance, users wearing BLEEX can reportedly
support a load of up to 75 kg while walking at 0.9 m/
s, and can walk at speeds of up to 1.3 m/s without the
load. A second generation of the Berkeley exoskeleton is
currently in testing. The new device is approximately half
the weight of the original exoskeleton (~14 kg [22]), in
part due to the implementation of electric actuation with
a hydraulic transmission system. A laboratory spin-off
company called Berkeley Bionics (Berkeley, CA) has been
formed in order to market the exoskeleton technology.