Historically, the technology has been used medically for rehabilitation. Now, however, exoskeleton are used recreationally ...

At the 2024 Paris Olympics, a 35-year-old paraplegic athlete named Kevin Piette carried the Olympic torch while wearing an exoskeleton developed by the French engineering company Wandercraft.

Unlike other wearable robots designed for rehabilitation or muscle assistance, the WalkON Suit is uniquely tailored for full ...

One notable feature is that the user can find and put it on while remaining seated in their wheelchair. Kim himself wore the WalkON Suit F1 and demonstrated it in the exoskeleton category of the ...

Starting with animal experiments, his lab has developed brain-controlled neuroprosthetic devices for paraplegic people. The exoskeleton allowed a man, paralyzed from his chest down, to deliver the ...

Everett Chalmers Hospital in Fredericton, one aspect of his physiotherapy sessions has especially made a difference: a robotic suit called an exoskeleton, or more fully, the EksoNR Robotic ...

A Sydney man was doing his elderly parents a favour when he climbed up on a wall at their northern beaches’ home to trim some ...

An active Sydney dad who suffered a devastating spinal cord injury two years ago is using a futuristic high-tec exoskeleton in a bid to get up from his wheelchair and stand on his own two feet.