MobiHealth News December 16, 2025
Adam Ang

The Australian research, which aims to help people with motor neuron disease keep moving, is now testing AI to personalise assistance.

Researchers from The University of Queensland have created a wearable robotic exoskeleton to help people living with motor neuron disease walk for a long period, with plans to introduce AI functionality to personalise assistance.

Its development is part of the iMOVE-MND project, funded by the ALS Association, which is exploring the impact and feasibility of wearable robotic devices as a mobility aid for people living with MND – a group of rare neurodegenerative disorders that selectively affect motor neurons, which control voluntary muscles of the body.

“The device is the first of its kind in Australia, and it’s...

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