At the opening ceremony of the 2014 Soccer World Cup in Brazil a paraplegic Brazilian man kicked off the first ball of the tournament himself. The young man was wearing an exoskeleton whose movements he controlled using his thoughts. Two years later the researchers of the Walk Again project published a spectacular study: Training at the human-machine interface helped the patients’ healing process. Prof. Gordon Cheng played a decisive role in the development of the exoskeleton. In an he spoke with us about the latest results and how our future could look with robots.
What do you find so exciting about robots?
I was already fascinated by robots in my childhood. ...
