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In 1890, the earliest exosuit-like device was made. It was a set of walking, jumping, and running assisted apparatus developed by a Russian named Nicholas Yagn.
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In 1917, the U.S. inventor Leslie Kelly developed a pedomotor, which operated on steam power with artificial ligaments acting in parallel to the movements of the user, so energy could be generated apart from him/her.
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In the 1960s, the first true exosuit, in the sense of being a mobile machine integrated with human movement, was co-developed by General Electric and the United States Armed Forces.
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Monty Reed, a United States Army Ranger, broke his back in a parachute accident. In the hospital, he deigned an exosuit called The LIFESUIT.
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Monty Reed invented The LIFESUIT.
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The LIFESUIT MK 6 could recreate a human gait.
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THE LIFESUIT MK 12 was used in the foot race, called the Saint Patrick's Day Dash in Seattle, Washington.