Worldwide, an estimated 185 million people use a wheelchair daily. A company based in Auckland (New Zealand) has developed innovative robotic technology that helps people with mobility impairment get back on their feet: the robotic exoskeleton from Rex Bionics. The integrated maxon motors ensure smooth limb movement.

Hayden Allen is a normal young man from New Zealand. He has been restricted to a wheelchair ever since a motorcycle accident damaged his spinal cord. The doctors told him that he would never walk again. But that is not the case. Hayden is one of the first users of the Rex robotic exoskeleton. The first time he tested his robotic legs, his friends told him that he should stop looking at this feet. 

“I simply could not stop staring at my feet moving,” says Hayden as he describes his first steps with Rex (scan QR code below to view video). The robotic legs gave him back his quality of life and a better out-look. Locations that were previously completely inaccessible were now within reach again. In his profession as a mechanic, he is now again able to perform tasks that require him to stand up, and many new opportunities are available to him in his leisure time.