--- description: Find out why Sarcos Robotics Guardian XO Full-Body Powered Exoskeleton is one of the best inventions of 2020. title: Sarcos Robotics Guardian XO Full-Body Powered Exoskeleton: The 100 Best Inventions of 2020 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltacaa0dac820e9034/698a14378fd2ee4985361f79/best-inventions-of-2020-Guardian-XO-Full-Body-Powered-Exoskeleton-6.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Nov 19, 2020 # The Robot Suit Sarcos Robotics Guardian XO Full-Body Powered Exoskeleton by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Courtesy Decades after RoboCop filled moviegoers’ heads with cyborg-suit fantasies, science has finally delivered: next year, the Salt Lake City firm [Sarcos Robotics](https://www.sarcos.com/ "undefined") will release the Guardian XO—one of the first commercially available full-body powered exoskeletons ($8,500 monthly lease). The ­exoskeleton—an earlier iteration of which was recognized in TIME’s 2010 list of Best ­Inventions—is effectively a wearable robot shell that enables wearers to lift as much as 200 lb. It’s designed to prevent on-the-job injuries by reducing the strain of manual labor, and boasts as much as six hours of battery life. _—J.R. Sullivan_ **Buy now:** [Sarcos Robotics Guardian XO](https://www.sarcos.com/products/guardian-xo-powered-exoskeleton/reservation/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911405/sarcos-robotics-guardian-xo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911405/sarcos-robotics-guardian-xo/"},"headline":"The Robot Suit","datePublished":"2020-11-19T13:51:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:45:53.061Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911405/sarcos-robotics-guardian-xo/","keywords":["list","franchise","best inventions","Best Inventions 2020"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltacaa0dac820e9034/698a14378fd2ee4985361f79/best-inventions-of-2020-Guardian-XO-Full-Body-Powered-Exoskeleton-6.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltacaa0dac820e9034/698a14378fd2ee4985361f79/best-inventions-of-2020-Guardian-XO-Full-Body-Powered-Exoskeleton-6.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911405/sarcos-robotics-guardian-xo/","name":"The Robot Suit"}}]}] ```