#450 Helping Paralyzed People Walk with Achilleas Dorotheou, Head of Human Motion & Control at Parker Hannifin

Today we’re talking to Achilleas Dorotheou, Head of Human Motion at Parker Hannifin. And we discuss how Achilleas and his team are building exoskeletons that help paralyzed people walk. How they worked with Apex Ridge Reliability to make sure these exoskeletons don’t fail in the field, and the future of the medical exoskeleton industry. 

All of this right here, right now, on the ModernCTO Podcast! 

Learn more about powered exoskeletons at https://www.indego.com/

In case you missed it: check out our episode with Adam Bahret, Owner and Reliability Engineer at Apex Ridge Reliability.

About Achilleas Dorotheou:

Founder and head, wearable robotics venture under industrial corporate sponsor. Has led it through multiple product releases, multi $ million sales, at threshold of profitability, with capital efficiency, and great speed. www.indego.com

About Indego:

The Indego® Therapy exoskeleton offers clinicians the ability to provide highly individualized gait therapy, custom-tailored for spinal cord injury and stroke with a single adjustable size device. Rapidly adjustable hardware and customizable software suites make the Indego Therapy Exoskeleton a powerful gait therapy solution.

The Indego® Personal exoskeleton enables those with spinal cord injury a new level of functional independence and upright mobility in their home and community. With its modular design with five interconnecting components, and at only 29lb in weight, Indego Personal was designed for ease of use and intuitive operation.