Paralysed man moves in mind-reading exoskeleton
Is there a reason to make these sorts of exoskeletons human-shaped for the purposes of helping the disabled?<p>Isn't it easier to make something like a centaur where there's a second set of rear legs? That would also lower the center of gravity since the backpack on this one could be the "torso" on the centaur. Balancing something on four legs is also much simpler.<p>That sort of platform could also trivially turn into a wheeled vehicle by having sets of wheels on each of the four legs that could rotate into place. That would be much more power-efficient than walking in most urban settings.