Robotics Help Paraplegic Surgeon Get Back on His Feet
Jan. 16, 2013
Last month, biomedical engineering students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison showcased a robotic system they built at the Biomedical Engineering (BME) Undergraduate Design Poster Presentations.
The students built the Standing Paraplegic Omni-directional Transport (SPOT) system in response to a tragic injury sustained by orthopedic surgeon Dr. Garrett Cuppels in 2010, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. A combination of a four-wheeled, joystick-controlled robotic platform utilizing omni-directional mecanum wheels with a modified paraplegic standing frame allows Cuppels to move around more quickly and efficiently. The breakthrough could potentially allow him to perform standing surgeries again.
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