Instead of remotes or crutches, future mobility aids could communicate directly with the nervous system
By THIS IS A PREVIEW.or to access the full article.Already a subscriber or purchased this issue?Imagine yourself as a child, standing on the tops of your dad's loafers as he shuffles across the living room. It is exhilarating—being maneuvered like a marionette, his feet moving your feet, his hips swinging your hips. But here is the upshot of walking on someone else's shoes: eventually you would rather do it on your own.
For people who have lost some or all control of their legs, robotic exoskeletons are engineering marvels. In rehabilitation clinics and users' homes, they are getting patients who have lost mobility to spinal cord injury or stroke out of their wheelchairs and moving upright again for short periods. And this renewed locomotion has physical benefits, such as better blood circulation and lower risk of infection.
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