It is always very important for me that modern technical discoveries are beneficial for people and their health. Even if at the initial stage it will not be massively available technologies, but such that they will give hope to millions of people for healing, improve their lives and, possibly, can provide new opportunities for rehabilitation, improving the quality of life of a person with disabilities. In my opinion, real high-profile technical discoveries should be just such, and not a gadget with a new screen or an atomic battery, which I once wrote about in one of three articles, and which, in my opinion, can bring a lot of troubles to the earth.

Today I will talk about one rather interesting invention that can instill hope in people who cannot walk. The head of the research department of the French company Wandercraft - Jean-Louis Constanta made an Exoskeleton for his son, who cannot walk from birth. The company in which Jean-Louis Constanta works is developing such exoskeletons.

16-year-old Oscar has been unable to walk since birth due to a congenital neurological disease, as a result of which nerve signals do not reach his legs.

The exoskeleton is attached to the shoulders, chest, waist, legs, knees and essentially fixes the guy's body. This kind of robot is activated by voice commands.

The command "Robot, stand up" makes the exoskeleton raise the guy's body and move on.

Despite certain nuances of the exoskeleton that exist today, the boy is glad that he can move without assistance and this is a completely new sensation for him.

At the moment, the Wandercraft exoskeleton is not available for general sale as they have an impressive weight and require some improvement, But dozens of prototypes of the invention have already been sold to hospitals in France, USA, Luxembourg. The exoskeleton is not cheap and will cost its owner $ 176,000.

This is not a one-of-a-kind exoskeleton, nor is it the only company that makes exoskeletons.

In March 2020, the American company Sarcos Robotics released an industrial exoskeleton into mass production, which will allow a worker to easily and almost continuously receive loads of 90 kg for eight hours, thanks to the Guardian XO rechargeable exoskeleton, which significantly expands a person's physical capabilities making him stronger at 20 once.

It is also impossible not to mention the exoskeleton of the Canadian engineer Jonathan Tippett, which entered the Guinness Book of Records as the world's largest exoskeleton ever created by man. According to Jonathan, he spent about 13 years creating his brainchild.