A tech company in Canada is assisting kids with mobility problems to put their best foot forward with the aid of a couple of groundbreaking robotic legs. The Ontario-based corporation Trexo Robotics is currently on a cross-country road demonstration, highlighting their device – the robotic gait instructor. Trexo Robotics is a pioneering company that absorbs mobility solutions for children with a wide variety of incapacities and injuries, such as cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury, pediatric stroke, and more. Their ground-breaking robotic exoskeleton allows children to experience the pleasure of movement and individuality, revealing new potentials for their future.
It is an exoskeleton that gets strapped on, custom-made, and fit to the child. And once it is on, simply, press play, and they can start walking, said Cory Schneider, a physiotherapist and client success manager at Trexo. The business helps families and children living with motor incapacities and physical weakening. Seven-year-old Jahir Ajabo was one of the kids in Winnipeg who was to be given some steps with the robotic guide. He was born with cerebral palsy and has remained wheelchair-bound for most of his life.
Just him actuality in a wheelchair, it’s not what I anticipated when I gave birth, said his mother Kimoya Grant. With further encouragement from the robotic legs, Ajabo is winning steps in an optimistic direction – 474 of them on Saturday alone. The groundbreaking technology is developing a pathway for robotics in therapy across the country. When you look at the market, there is nothing that is serving the most impaired children, said Schneider. So that’s, I think, where we have a large, opening to assist families and support kids, just give them the chances that their peers have.
It’s those openings that Winnipeg therapy clinic Stable Connections desires to give to their clients. They would come to access the therapy for some practical skills, and then shape in repetition, kind of like a loaner library system. So, they can take it home, have that additional repetition, and then bring it back, said Sarah-Michelle Senécal, the head and lead clinician at Stable Connections. For individuals like Grant, she would love to see her son do this frequently. Every parent desires their child to be able to walk, said Grant. After their stopover in Winnipeg, Trexo will continue to Surrey, B.C. on May 25.
