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World first robotic legs provide new option for wheelchair users
When Hayden Allen was spinal cord injured five years ago he became a full time wheelchair user and doctors told him heÕd never walk again. Today a revolutionary product developed by Auckland-based company Rex Bionics has enabled Hayden to walk again. Hayden has been one of the first people in the world to use Rex, the Robotic Exoskeleton. Rex is best described as a pair of robotic legs that supports and assists a person who usually uses a wheelchair, enabling the person to stand, walk and go up and down steps and slopes. "I'll never forget what it was like to see ... read moreHave a story to tell? Submit an article here and if its good enough we'll publish it!
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