Paralyzed Man Walks Again With Brain-Controlled Exoskeleton

Paralyzed Man Walks Again With Brain-Controlled Exoskeleton
A patient with tetraplegia walks using an exoskeleton in Grenoble, France, in Feb. 2019. Fonds De Dotation Clinatec/La Breche/Handout via Reuters
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LONDON—A man paralyzed from the shoulders down has been able to walk using a pioneering four-limb robotic system, or exoskeleton, that is commanded and controlled by signals from his brain.

With a ceiling-mounted harness for balance, the 28-year-old tetraplegic patient used a system of sensors implanted near his brain to send messages to move all four of his paralyzed limbs after a two-year-long trial of the whole-body exoskeleton.