In this podcast, we explore what exoskeletons could become for humans , not as science fiction, but with someone who has actually built them. How mature is the technology today? Where is the market heading? And how far could we go in creating a human-machine interface that is increasingly capable, intuitive — and ultimately almost invisible? Tristan Vouga is a microengineer, robotics PhD, entrepreneur and lifelong maker. Since the age of six, he has wanted to build exoskeletons. Years later, he transformed that obsession and his doctoral research into Twiice, a startup based at Station R in Renens developing highly modular and versatile exoskeletons.

This conversation is therefore not only about a technology. It is about the future of the augmented human, and what happens when machines stop being tools we use and begin to become extensions of our bodies.

In life, there are trees that let you reach golden apples. Tristan planted one.