Bionic Legs Allow Paraplegic to Stand and Walk

The ‘Rex’ robotic exoskeleton would give wheelchair-bound people more mobility.

Two New Zealand inventors have produced what they claim are the world’s first robotic legs to help paraplegics walk again.

The bionic legs were road-tested publicly for the first time Thursday by 23-year-old Hayden Allen who was told five years ago he would never walk again after being paralyzed from the chest down in a motorcycle accident.

Allen said the experience of being able to stand up and walk when strapped into his robotic legs was fantastic and he felt like a normal human being again.

"It will be a big benefit from a social aspect, being able to talk to someone at the same eye level," he told reporters.

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