Abstract The construction industry is labor-intensive and physically demanding even with continuous development of advanced tools and machines. Workers are heavily involved in manual procedures, which constantly expose them to a great risk of injury. Recently, exoskeletons and their potential to protect workers from injury have received wide attention. Significant advances have been made in both of their industrial developments and scholarly assessment. This paper reviewed existing exoskeleton technologies and analyzed their potential for manual handling tasks in construction. It first retrieved 85 relevant research articles and categorized them based on exoskeleton types, functions, and assessment procedures. Then, the potential of the exoskeleton use in construction at trade level was analyzed. A map was generated to suggest the potential exoskeleton type for each trade with evaluation of benefits and challenges. The map is expected to provide construction professionals with insights and guidelines when integrating exoskeletons into their current routine construction practices.

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用于手动材料处理的外骨骼——对建筑应用的回顾和启示

摘要 随着先进工具和机器的不断发展，建筑业仍是劳动密集型和体力劳动密集型的行业。工人大量参与手动程序，这使他们不断面临受伤的巨大风险。最近，外骨骼及其保护工人免受伤害的潜力受到了广泛关注。他们在工业发展和学术评估方面都取得了重大进展。本文回顾了现有的外骨骼技术，并分析了它们在建筑中手动处理任务的潜力。它首先检索了 85 篇相关研究文章，并根据外骨骼类型、功能和评估程序对其进行了分类。然后，分析了外骨骼在贸易级别的建筑中使用的潜力。生成了一张地图来建议每个行业的潜在外骨骼类型，并评估收益和挑战。该地图有望在将外骨骼集成到他们当前的日常施工实践中时为建筑专业人士提供见解和指导。