TL;DR
A machine that stands a paralyzed person up and walks them across the room, hands-free and without crutches, is now a product people can own. Wandercraft's Eve was cleared by the FDA in August and went on sale in the U.S. in September for wheelchair users with spinal cord injury. At the other end of the market, consumer exoskeletons that take the strain off hips and knees on a hike now number 42 product families from 29 brands, and the first model to power both hips and knees is due to ship in November for $2,299. None of this is the strength-amplifying suit of the movies, and nearly every performance number comes from the makers. But wearable robotics has quietly moved out of rehab clinics and into homes and car trunks. For people who cannot walk, and for older people who walk less than they would like, the legs are where the cyborg future is arriving first.
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