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Berkeley Exoskeleton Helps People with Spinal Cord Injury Move

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Dealing with spinal cord injury can be quite challenging. Thanks to the Berkeley Exoskeleton, people with paraplegia or spinal cord damage can have an easier time moving around. As you can see in the below video, this exoskeleton is a modular device that weighs 27 pounds and has an adjustable design. It gives the user complete control on the steps.

Persons with Spinal Cord Injury playing soccer while wearing Berkeley Exoskeleton

The commands are transmitted to the computer via crutch mounted controllers. Users will be able to go as fast as 0.5 m/sec with this exoskeleton (speed varies per user). The battery lasts for 4 hours. Inventions like this can make life easier for many individuals, don’t you think?

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