Skywalk
Type of project: Prototype
Disabilities concerned: Motor disability
Topics: Health, Mobility
Statut : In progress
Skywalk is a low-tech and affordable bodyweight support device.
Skywalk is a low-tech and affordable bodyweight support device.
It is based on a well-known set of devices in the rehabilitation field, i.e. bodyweigth support devices, those allow the user to feel lighter in a standing position.
They are also fallproof and offer full safety to the users.
Skywalk is made of a harness attached around the trunk and the legs of the user. This harness is then suspended on a mobile platform with a rope and pulley mechanism and a series of elastic ropes for providing the anti-gravity forces.
The major advantage of the Skywalk is that it can offer dynamic compensation without high-technology (no actuators, electronics and power source) which means that it is projected to decrease the purchasing price by a factor 10x to 100x.
