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Exoskeleton demo at CES 2014: Ekso Bionics helps Paul Thacker walk again

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Exoskeletons aren’t sci-fi anymore: see record-setting snowmobiler Paul Thacker, who was paralyzed in 2010 from a training accident, walk again at CES 2014 using a robotic exoskeleton developed by Ekso Robotics. The company plans to get 1 million patients walking again by 2022.

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