Robotic Exoskeleton Vastly Improves Quality of Life
From: NASA Techbriefs - 10/01/2013

Worldwide an estimated 185 million people use a wheelchair daily. A company
based in Auckland, New Zealand, has developed an innovative robotic
technology that helps people with mobility impairment get back on their feet
- the Rex Bionics robotic exoskeleton.

Around nine years ago, the two founders of Rex Bionics, Richard Little and
Robert Irving, had the idea of developing this kind of robotic legs. The
reasons were obvious: Robert Irving had already been diagnosed with multiple
sclerosis and he knew he will end up in a wheelchair sooner or later. Both of
the developers’ mothers are in wheelchairs, thus they knew very well what
great obstacles are faced by wheelchair users. The two friends decided to use
their know-how as engineers to develop a machine for persons who would
usually require a wheelchair to move about. This was the birth of the New
Zealand-based company.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.techbriefs.com/2010/23-ntb/features/feature-articles38/17493-robotic-exoskeleton-vastly-improves-quality-of-life

Link:
Rex Bionics
http://www.rexbionics.com/