The San Joan de Dèu University Children’s Hospital in Barcelona will be the first in the world to use this system, which has been developed with the help of the CSIC, to help the 1,500 families affected by Spinal Muscular Atrophy, the second most common neuromuscular disease. in childhood and at the moment without a cure. They will have this exoskeleton in their facilities for a year for therapeutic purposes for sessions of one hour three times a week.

What is this exoskeleton for?

With its 14 kilos of weight and its ten motors, this robot – the ATLAS 2020 – adapts perfectly to the legs and trunk of children who were diagnosed as babies who could never walk. The neurodegenerative disease they suffer causes them to suffer a progressive deterioration of their muscular strength to the point that it is impossible for them to crawl or comb their hair.

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