How Robots Can Help People With Disabilities Walk Again

As a paraplegic myself, It feels good to see some light shed on this topic in a world which cares more about people walking on moon than to enable every person to walk on Earth.

After a car accident that damaged my spinal cord almost 7 yrs ago I would give anything to be upright again and walk. Insurance doesn't cover an exoskeleton, my electric chair doesn't go through most terrain and transferring to go up and down stairs is so hard as my body deteriorates. I was working full time, a Mom to 3 young kids and totally healthy and now struggle day to day as my body slowly shuts down. I would love to just stand up and hug my kids, dance with my husband, take a walk under the stars, go grocery shopping on my own, go back to work, ect.

I love how a paraplegic invented the first wheelchair. And it looks just like a "Big Wheel", way ahead of its time.

Little Luz is very blessed to have such a caring mom who’s so perceptive to her child’s individual needs and preferences.

This is the type of tech governments should fund in priority, instead of massively investing in Space and Weaponry.

I just don't understand why people downvote videos like this. This is humans doing phenomenal ground-breaking things for the good of mankind! What in the name of God makes this worthy of getting 31 thumbs down? The work here is fantastic. Keep it up!!

Wow! Salute to all the men and women in this field working hard to make a difference!

Any technology or robot that can help me do personal care, and daily tasks will be priceless for people like me. And by personal care, I don’t need folding laundry, or holding an egg. 😓😰 Some of us really need help every day for simple personal things

I am so grateful I can walk.. Why does it take videos like that for me to remind myself of that..

it's a shame this video isn't getting the views it needs and deserves. This paradigm shifting technology in the making.

As a 11 yr old girl who is In a wheelchair this makes me happy

Thanks you guys for walking on these device . I pray that these will be available and affordable for all people that live with disabilities.

Wheelchair prices for self propelled wheelchairs shown here are way under what they actually cost.

Nice to see a good story!

I hope someday we can build something like this to help other people stand

The good side of technology. Aside from the "robots bad" - Terminator narrative

Let's stop splitting the atom and concentrating on feeding the hungry and making this world more loving and more caring to another and take good care of our environment....

I'm happy to see that most western countries have so much compassion for those who are suffering..And the scientists are inventing new things to help them survive. I live in India, but in India, people don't care about these issues. They think that they have done some sins in their past lives that causes them being disabled in their present life. Love from India❤

My God, Professor Aaron Ames gets it. The current world is designed for bi-pedal mobility, not wheel-based. That is exactly what I've been lamenting about for over 40 years. I do have legs, but both are devastated by polio. I would love to be able to leverage whatever's left of them, and finally become a citizen of this bi-pedal world rather than fiddle fruitlessly with wheel-based solutions -- which DO NOT work and sometimes create more limitations. Dean Kamen still DOES NOT get it. If his Segway was inspired by a disabled person with a balance problem, then he's got it all wrong. Balance is a symptom, not the source, of the problem. Development into wheelchairs and their ilk are dead-end solutions at best, and a curse at worst. Even the best wheel-based solutions are still completely incompatible with this current bi-pedal world. Giving us legs to walk with, whether artificial or as support, will benefit us psychologically, health-wise, and most of all COMPATIBILITY with the real world. I hope one day I can finally walk the length of a supermarket, airport terminals, get to a seat in football stadiums, hiking trails, sandy beaches, etc. As it is right now, they're just fantasies set in another universe. I would literally sacrifice any or my limbs to be able to experience that just once (even for 5 minutes) in my lifetime. I pray and hope Professor Ames gets the investment he requires.

Looks promising. In the meantime, I'd be happy with the type of walkers babies use. I could keep walking/standing and have my hands free.