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Exoskeleton for Walking After Spinal Cord Injury: Dr. Tristan Vouga, TWIICE
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People with spinal cord injury will be able to stand up and walk again
with this exoskeleton
after some training
In this episode, you will hear
- why TWIICE followed a strict rule of not allowing able-bodied people to test the exoskeleton
- how they accelerated the development of the exoskeleton
- how people after spinal cord injuries can move using it
- and more
My guest, Dr. Tristan Vouga is a co-founder and CEO of TWIICE. He’s a robotic design engineer with a Ph.D. in wearable robotics from EPFL.
TWIICE is a Swiss startup developing a modular lower-limb exoskeleton that enables people with paraplegia to stand up and walk again. Or take a hike up a snowy mountain. They completed their first clinical study with the Swiss Paraplegia Center.
Go ahead and follow what they do at
https://twiice.ch/
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