I think this is likely because I was rushing for a 1.0 release.
See... I made the groups and categories a little weird, so when it comes to certain types of equipment, you have to assign them to each vehicle type. This includes for example "cargo-wagon, car, tank, spidertron" for roboports, or "locomotive, car, tank, spidertron" for... "Acceleration/Speed" equipment, like the exoskeleton is.
I'll add it to my list of things to look into, along with the lack of belt immunity equipment for the spidertron.