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Invention lets kids with cerebral palsy walk | Manmeet Maggu, CEO of Trexo
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When Manmeet Maggu learned that his nephew, Praneit, had been diagnosed with cerebral palsy, the co-founder and CEO of Trexo Robotics was determined to help him walk.

While some robotic mobility exoskeletons exist, Praneit’s family soon ran up against an unfortunate reality. “We said, ‘why don’t we buy him some sort of robotic system that can help him walk?’ [We] pretty soon realized that there’s just nothing out there for kids,” Maggu says. “But everybody wants to see their kids walk.”

Since buying something off the rack was not an option, Maggu and his friend Rahul Udasi got to work themselves. The former University of Waterloo classmates put their robotics expertise to work, building Praneit a child-sized — and Iron Man inspired — version of the mobility exoskeletons available for adults.

Today, their robot exoskeleton device is in homes, clinics, and hospitals, helping kids finally take their first steps.

CORRECTION 3/1/22: The video says, “today, [Ellie’s] walked over 25,000 steps.” At time of filming, Ellia had taken over 250,000 steps, and today is close to 300,000.

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The exoskeleton marathon racer
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