Exoskeleton online shopping sales surge by 785%—this number is too sci-fi. Is the era of cybernetic elderly care truly arriving?

The Ministry of Commerce's Department of Electronic Commerce announced China's e-commerce development from January to April: online retail sales of goods and services increased by 6.6% year-on-year, contributing 72.2% to the total retail sales of consumer goods. Scenarios such as intelligent travel have driven growth in digital products, with online purchases of intelligent assistive exoskeletons increasing by 785.5% from January to April. Meanwhile, consumer-grade embodied intelligence is growing rapidly, with online sales of smart glasses and humanoid robots increasing by 175.2% and 20.6%, respectively, in April.