The paraplegic walking orthosis is a kind of orthosis being used to assist the paraplegic patients standing and walking. The intelligent paraplegic walking orthosis is a special functional intelligent walking accessory based on the walking robot technology. A combination of the robotics, the biology, and the rehabilitation engineering assists the patients with the thoracolumbar spinal cord injury to stand, walk, and climb stairs like the normal people. This paper reviews the research progress and the representative research results of the paraplegic walking robot at home and abroad, including its basic components, technical characteristics and existing problems, as well as its future development.

paraplegic walking orthosis  /  intelligence walking aids  /  walking robot