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Robotic Titanium Exoskeleton Gives Wheelchair-Bound Children the Ability to Walk
Wearing a robotic exoskeleton designed especially for children, an eight-year-old boy with cerebral palsy walked through a therapy room in Mexico City, smiling triumphantly at the once-unthinkable feat. But thanks to the Atlas 2030 exoskeleton, which won its creator a European Inventor Award this year, he was able to walk and stand in front of a mirror where he drew smiling faces with coloured marker pens. The suit helps "to achieve in record time rehabilitation goals" that would take months to achieve with conventional therapies, said Guadalupe Maldonado, director of Mexico's Association for People with Cerebral Palsy. A second device, worth around $250,000 (roughly Rs. 2 crore), is due to arrive in Mexico City next month. Affiliate links may be automatically generated - see our ethics statement for details. Source- Gadget 360
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