Exoskeleton Lets Paralyzed Veteran Walk Again From: Robotics Trends - 03/18/2014 By: Steven Verberg The bionic suit gives Wisconsin resident control over his legs, allowing him to move in a way he has not since his devastating accident. Three years ago, a powerful bomb blast ripped the earth apart along a remote road in Afghanistan, leaving US Army Sgt. Dan Rose paralyzed from the chest down. Since then, the Wisconsin man has plied Rocky Mountain powder in especially adapted skis, completed his first marathon in a wheelchair, and surfed on ocean waves atop a longboard. Now he's ready to stand up and walk again, on a limited basis, with the help of a $128,000 "wearable robot" that was recently delivered to his Madison apartment. The motorized, computer-assisted mechanism looks like something out of science fiction, but it's a product of a growing medical robotics industry that offers new hope to some of the tens of thousands of people paralyzed by spinal-cord injuries, strokes and other neurological disorders. Read the entire article at: http://www.roboticstrends.com/service_healthcare/article/exoskeleton_lets_paralyzed_veteran_walk_again/