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Cybathlon: A bionics competition for people with disabilities

  • Written by Robert Riener, Professor of Sensory-Motor Systems, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Millions of people worldwide rely on orthotics, prosthetics, wheelchairs and other assistive devices to improve their quality of life. In the United States alone, there are more than 1.6 million people with limb amputations. The World Health Organization estimates the number of wheelchair users to be about 65 million people worldwide.

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