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Miracle Of Modern Science: Quadriplegic Uses Robotic Skeleton To Walk

Hank Berrien
Miracle Of Modern Science: Quadriplegic Uses Robotic Skeleton To Walk
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A French optician paralyzed from the neck down showed the world that modern science is full of miracles, as he was equipped with a robotic skeleton controlled by his mind that enabled him to walk.

The patient, referred to as Thibault, fell 50 feet from a nightclub roof in 2015, leaving him a quadriplegic. But although his muscles still suffer from paralysis, he practiced using video simulations, ultimately getting the exoskeleton to walk 475 feet total over 39 sessions as it was attached to a suspended harness on the ceiling.

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