Technical outerwear brand Arc’teryx and wearable technology startup Skip are teaming up to create exoskeleton hiking pants powered by AI. They hope these pants are the first of a new style of clothing called “movewear.” The pants officially launch in 2025, but are available to rent and try out now.

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Arc'teryx, a leading brand in technical outerwear, has teamed up with wearable technology startup Skip to create a new innovation in the hiking industry: AI-powered exoskeleton hiking pants named Mogo. These advanced pants are part of a upcoming category of apparel dubbed "movewear," which aims to assist users in their physical endeavors similar to how an e-bike functions for cycling enthusiasts. The technology is believed to increase leg power by 40% on inclines and provide knee support on descents, enhancing outdoor experiences for wearers.

The Mogo pants are a result of four years of extensive collaboration and innovation, blending cutting-edge artificial intelligence with accessible apparel. Designed to understand and predict the wearer's movements, the pants facilitate seamless assistance without disrupting natural stride. Mogo is poised to launch in 2025 with a retail price of approximately $5,000, though they can be rented for trial purposes currently. The creation of Mogo reflects a dedication to increasing mobility and enhancing quality of life, without reducing such advancements to costly luxury.

This development in movewear is not solitary; other companies, such as Dansys and Hypershell, are also developing lightweight exoskeletons intended for various recreational use, demonstrating a growing trend in integrating technology with active lifestyles.



Could these AI pants be the next innovation in hiking apparel?

These aren't your ordinary hiking pants. They contain a battery-powered exoskeleton to help you get outdoors. They're the first of a new type of clothing the creators are calling movewear. The same way that sleepwear is something that you wear when you want to sleep, movewear is something that you wear when you want to move. You can think of it like an e-bike for walking. The pants are called Mogo, which is short for mountain goat. An animal that we think sort of embodies the sort of motivations and abilities that this would give you. Mogo is the result of a four-year collaboration between technical outerwear brand Arcteryx, best known for its waterproof Gore-Tex shell jackets, and wearable technology startup Skip. On the way up, it really kind of offloads some of those big muscle groups that are working their hardest. We like to say it gives you about 40% more power in your legs on the way up with every step. And then supports their knees on the way down. There's a lot of artificial intelligence built into these pants. It understands how you move, predicts how you're going to want to move next, and then assists you in doing that. So that the assistant doesn't feel like you're walking to the beat of the robot or is moving independently. And so that's where a lot of the real cutting-edge technology is. There's been a lot of developments in exoskeletons, right, but they're all in an academic lab or in a hospital. So the hospital will spend $100,000 to get an exoskeleton that's very capable, but then the user only gets it for 30 minutes every week. I think when people think about an exoskeleton, they think about this big bionic frame or they think it's like Avatar or something like that. The challenge for us, really, was how do we put that in a pair of pants? It was a lot easier for someone to wrap their head around or to put their legs in, so to speak. Skip and the Advanced Concepts team at Arcteryx created prototype after prototype. Like every little element of it, we've just obsessed over it. And ran test after test. We've done a lot of work to make a lot of the complicated, sophisticated technology that goes into it look and feel as approachable and as similar to a garment as possible. So maybe you think about them like a pair of pants. MoGo isn't the only recreational exoskeleton hitting the market. Companies like Dansys and Hypershell have developed their own lightweight exoskeletons through Kickstarter campaigns. And of course, the price for powered pants isn't cheap. MoGo expects to be released in 2025 for $5,000. Movement and mobility, it's such a huge driver of quality of life. It's such a huge driver of joy. And it does become a luxury, right? And that's a huge part of why we're building what we're building, is we don't think it should be.

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