Dad builds robotic exoskeleton to help son walk - BBC News
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2021
- French dad and robotics engineer Jean-Louis Constanza has built a robotic suit for his 16-year-old son Oscar that allows him to walk.
Oscar, a wheelchair user, activates the suit by saying "Robot, stand up" and it then walks for him.
Jean-Louis co-founded the company that builds the suit, which can allow users to move upright for a few hours a day.
It is used in several hospitals, but it isn't yet available for everyday use by individuals and has a price tag of around €150,000 (about £127,700).
A personal exoskeleton would need to be much lighter, the company's engineers said.
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That man should be so proud of himself, and good luck to his son,bless him.
Hellooo
@@crazypasta7749 Sick of seeing that!
@@crazypasta7749 Maybe that's where he gets the parts from & he builds them ,he could be a partner of the company & the money goes to both parties.
@@crazypasta7749 maybe he bought raw materials
@@Salena905 you are exactly right.sorry did not saw the comment
If someone pumped in the money, the exoskeletons would be really close to what videogames for example have. I'm sure exoskeletons are going to replace wheelchairs in the future.
Agreed. Could really become a thing with the right funding, time and effort put into it
Exactly but obviously there isn’t going to be any funding through are tax money that’s going to go to incinerators, police PR, track and trace and hundreds of other useless failures. Btw I like your profile pic ;)
@@jamadeus13 But really?? Because there is a tiny population that require these kinda equipments, so it'll become super expensive luxury item only for those patients just like Orphan drugs or Cancer drugs for some rare genetic disease...
Civilian use of a power armor?
@@shahrock6969 even if it’s a tiny number, it’s worth it. anyone could get in an accent and end up needing this technology, and everyone should be valued in a good society.
In 10 years this would be slimmer and smaller just like personal PC used to be huge
I thought the same thing
There are already many other people/companies working on similar technology, even more affordable ones, like ua-cam.com/video/CuM6sSAixps/v-deo.html
Or maybe in 10 years its an actually a prosthetic
10 years is too long. We have all the materials to make this with lighter and efficient. It's just a question of private funding. Like many start up projects he needs investors. And the rest goes petty fast . In less than 5 years this can be made into the ideal walking assistant bot.
welp i guess batgirl can be an example here then
There's devotion, and then there's building an exoskeleton to help your son walk. And then there's all that and building more and improving the lives and treatment of other people. 10/10 to Jean Louis.
15/10*
His devotion to his son is admirable, but no greater than many other fathers. It's denigrating, to most fathers, to make it seem as though Jean-Louis is somehow more pronounced in his devotion. Or, did you miss the part where he has a company? He's an engineer? Most fathers don't have those luxuries. Is Jean-Louis' devotion greater than the poor father from a small village, who walks twenty miles a day, to provide an education for his children? This small village parent (based on an actual example I read about) will NEVER build an exoskeleton for his children, but his devotion is just as great.
As for improving the lives of others, well I'm sorry if you are devoid of concern for other people, and don't contribute to the welfare of society, but most people do. You don't need to build exoskeletons to build a better world. Hell, all you really have to do is, be a good person. Just a smile makes the world that much better.
It's funny how many humans often exalt others, as though those people are "superior", while having little security in their own "place in the world". Be better than that. Stop setting up hierarchies of who is better than whom. You are as worthy as ANY OTHER HUMAN, and none are more worthy than you. Stop raising people above you, and reach back, and lift EVERYONE to the same level.
@@marshalofod1413 dude relax, I'm not putting him above a poorer father at all, you can't deny the fact that he moved heaven and earth for his son, and imporved other peoples treatment in the process. Poorer people proportionally put in the same effort and devotion to the care of they're child, you can fuck right off if you think I'm saying otherwise.
This man does what is right by his family and others he is a "good person" he hasn't just made himself smile, he has made his son smile, and made the lives of countless people who can get better treatment thanks to his machine smile.
I'm not raising anyone above anybody else, I think you are projecting some insecurity there, I simply expressed my admiration for the effort he put in and the ingenuity of his creation.
Also don't you dare accuse me of being "devoid of concern for others". How do you reach that ridiculous conclusion? What makes you the arbiter of concern, I'm concerned for the people who can't access treatment, but I respect and praise Jean Louis for reducing the number of people that can't get effective treatment. Why the hell do you get so damn preachy and self righteous? At the end of the day JL has improved the lives of many people with his exoskeleton, so I think he is due praise, and I'm not saying "poor people just care less" or anything like that, I'm simply commenting on the fact that JL has stood out and done something uniquely brilliant.
@@marshalofod1413 way to overanalyse and overreact to a simple statement. Work on your reading comprehension.
Absolutely. This is love and commitment right here.
"We can rebuild him. We have the technology. We can make him better, than he was. Better, stronger, faster."
no, we don't have the technology.
@@toobalkain I mean we are literally watching a video about the technology. And we've had exoskeleton for over 50 years.
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Except that, with inflation, it probably cost 16 million~
haha Steve Austin!
This dad is a legend - as someone who doesnt even know his dad this made me tear up. He should be proud of himself for the rest of his lifetime. Such an awesome guy
Lies again? A miracle
Fathers Love...to his Son... (The Smile on the Fathers Face Tells us 1000 words)..👍
Imagine all the people with spinal injury this could help with!
@@johnwicked882 what
Father & Son 👨🏻💼🎩
@@moosehorse9972 John is being ironic and mocking what they think SJWs would say, (most of the comments are positive though so it’s just unnecessary negativity he’s bringing)
@@johnwicked882 only death can make you a better person
He's no ordinary father, mentally and financially.
Sounds like a playboy entrepreneur billionaire
@@m2-x-n253 hate the rich if you want, if you do. Now, the tech he developed and took all the risk on can be used for thousands or millions of people. So, good on him for spending his playboy, lol, time and money in this manner. ;)
@@rickreynolds9306 : Agree. I cannot begrudge anyone who would spend their wealth on important matters such as this, thereby helping improve not just his son's life but the rest of humanity as well.
@@rickreynolds9306 😐😐😐😐😐😐i was saying he's IRON MAN/BATMAN 🤡😬😬😬😬😬😬😬
@@m2-x-n253 D'OHT!!! My apology. I read it the wrong way, I didn't even think of Stark, man. That's my fault. Times and people have gotten so weird though.
The advantage over wheelchairs is obvious health wise. Makes the muscles move, blood flow properly and makes the joints move. Great for rehabilitation!
If he makes it light enough for public use, he deserves a Nobel award
One step at a time
Maybe even a Nobel Prize...
but if its not light enough he gets NOTHING
@@TomNook. the equipment, depending on the operator's body weight, should be heavy enough to keep the operator's body balanced in space while moving around.
Agree
Father is like a guiding light to his children .The Walk assisting machine he built requires more fine tuning , many people with debilites can walk around if these exoskeleton are viable.
This is such a good story ❤️
Such machines could help extremely weak people train up muscles and balance.
This is the most exciting part of this according to me.
It could help so many people learn to walk better or even again.
A lot of old people lack the tools needed to learn to train their ability to walk.
You have devices like the rollator that helps people walk.
The issue is that it tends to diminish peoples ability to keep balance with time as well as certain muscles.
Imagine being able to help people with spine injuries being able to walk again :).
Walking is inferior to rolling, less stable, slower, more unreliable. Ive designed a wheelchair that can simply bathe, clothe and pick thing up for people with a 3 axis arm, all can be built with some scrap iron, a flame cutter and some bolts and 5 small electric motors and a simple aluminium - air battery.
@@mattbanks3517 Lmao this is gold
He loves his son so much, he made other’s life easier as well.
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💖💖
Look at his father smile like he's achieved everything in the world 🥺
So great ❤
Father's love for his son can be seen in his smile,,, how much he loves his son..
Father... always a hero for every child...
Father .... always hide his love..
Father ....always hides love in speech but actions speak louder.
Yeah true even if a father sometimes acts strict he is just trying to shaping our future
Well, it's pretty crappy if he "always hides" his love.
He either doesn't love you, or he is cruel and psychologically f'ed up.
It gives me goosebumps when I see the inception of something so revolutionary like this. Today the elderly use mobility scooters. Tommrow exo-skeletons. It's surreal.
Tomorrow we will have mastered life extension technology and biological immortality so there will be no elderly.
@@gregorymalchuk272 let's not get ahead of ourselves. In the 60s we thought we'd have colonies on mars by the year 2000.
@@gregorymalchuk272 I wish we had it now coming from someone who's scared of death lol
@@itsme3550 yeah. I'm 40 but can't stop thinking about life as an elderly. Will it suck?
World needs more dad's like this. Hope they perfect this invention even more. It would help lots of children.
I can see this helping in physical therapy, not just permanent disabilities, amazing invention.
¿Why not? Imagine the legs are moved by an AI with cameras and mic and the person tells it where they should go. There will be a time when people will no longer drive cars because humans are unreliable, more reliable is a machine that cannot be corrupted. Traffic accidents will be reduced by 95%, but for that they have to adapt roads with sensors and many other things.
This is soo cool. My daughter and I built a Brain-controlled exoskeleton when she was paralyzed too! We could not afford the $80.000 solutions, so we reached out to experts from around the world and built our own, then made it all open source, so now anyone can build their own. Here is the story if you want to check it out, told by my shy daughter :) ua-cam.com/video/nbanA3gLsMc/v-deo.html
This is really good, gives his boy his much needed independence.
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It is refreshing to see a good story like this come out. And that human innovation is being used correctly to improve the lives of others.
You say that now - but then militaries get their hands on it and soon we will have exoskeleton battalions of robot killers
@@romainvicta3076 not necessarily. These suits would be too clumsy for real combat. Call of duty is only partly based on fact.
This is soo cool. My daughter and I built a Brain-controlled exoskeleton when she was paralyzed too! We could not afford the $80.000 solutions, so we reached out to experts from around the world and built our own, then made it all open source, so now anyone can build their own. Here is the story if you want to check it out, told by my shy daughter :) ua-cam.com/video/nbanA3gLsMc/v-deo.html
I love you dad who cares for his son a lot. You're the best dad😃
👍
Father, He never say he love you, but his activities can tell it.
Amazing. My son was a researcher at the local university a few years back. One of his research was to outfit the wheelchair users with exoskeleton and helped them exercise. He said many of them were really excited standing up the first time since they injured their spines or were born with the pathology. This child is really lucky. The exoskeleton suit is really expensive, very few could dream of owning one. This one does not look as bulky though.
If there was a huge demand them there would be better products at cheaper rates but there is only demand for such products from upper middle class group
@@farzeenahmed7246 no it's not a case of rich vs poor. It's the fact that the technology itself is expensive, it costs a lot to produce a single one due to the material NOT because the maker is trying to market it to a niche market.
This is a fantastic story. Fantastic father and a inspirational young man.
"A weapon to surpass metal gear"
This is cool though, a great father.
Look at that father's smile while his paralyzed son walking !!! True happiness smile, almost to tears. Best actor in the world won't be able to play that expression with such variety of emotions...
_Hats off to this great father_ 🎩
_I wish his son good luck_
I love how happy this man is about what he was able to do for his son and everyone else 💛
Amazing the father clever guy. Built his son his walking machine. Technology outstanding. X the love shines through. Xx thankyou xxx
His Japanese on the T-shirt:
Dehydrate ultimately (That's an order.)
DEEEEEP
Hello 👋
Relieve yourself of moisture.
If you want it it’s $51 dollar at buckle clothing store. Apparently buckle clothes are really popular nowadays.
@Jenete j Nope its British. The Japanese is just marketing. "Superdry" is a term on alot of Japanese beers so its just carrying a theme.
The love of the father to his son is so powerful that it radiates towards me while watching this video clip. ❤️💪🏼
Great father love & wishes both of you.
Love & wishes from, Paris, France.
Wish I had a father like him.
This is an idea thats been in my mind as a person who cannot walk without a prosthetic and needs a higher level amputation to walk without escalating my leg pain and vascular / iscemia issues that are killing my muscles. It could not only help paralyzed people but also those with conditions like my own.
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Oh yeah, think of how much yours & others life would be made better if this kind of thing could be made for you to use. And at an affordable price too.
Pity people like Richard Branson aren't involved in these kind of projects. I mean yeah the recent Space Cruiser thing is amazing. But I'd sooner put my money on something like this as people with disabilities have been struggling for too many years. I mean it's 2021 & still there's places that can't even give easy access to their buildings !!!😕.
I admire your strength with what you have to cope with everyday. Stay well. 🙏🤗💖
Love conquers all obstacles. Love this dad and what he did for his son, this is groundbreaking. Imagine prothestic limbs w ability to assist a handicapped person. This is what we need to focus on, not flying to Mars... brilliant.
So happy for both of them. Hopefully he can make it much lighter so that it can help all those that need it. This is absolutely incredible!
Where the interview? It must be wonderfull as a father to able give our children chance to walk
Hopefully they will get a more lightweight yet just as strong as this one. I'm sure it can be done. So proud of this Dad and son. Helping all not just some. Hugs
Yes! 🙏🏻just like war machine in the mcu.
Hi 👋
@@joebaldwin8515 Hello 🖐
The man's dedicated may he bring life to his son's dream one day
A father's love which can extend to others in the same situation.
Admirable.
Wish I had a dad like this what a guy
My son I am your dad ,go study you dup as😌
@@Zombiekill815 i bet you are step dad 😂
My dad would never show me this love, a whole robot just to allow him to walk? Wow 👏👏
I think your father also love you but you can't understand it, because every father & mother love his beloved sons & daughters.
@@Sajid2019 my parents hate me so I don’t think so
This is so beautiful. Best dad ever, hope this invention helps others!
Everything & I mean everything this father had done & continues to do for his son equals the truest form of unconditional love. Let's applaud him & his son's bond too #Greatness
Now this is news! Need more information, please share BBC.
Things we take for granted - talking, walking, eating, sitting, and so on - are a gift from God, and what we do with them is our gift back to Him. Thank you to this young man's father for doing everything you could to give your son the best.
I loved the proud look on the father's face, I'm so happy for his son.
Hopefully he can make a lighter one soon, but this is brilliant
This man deserves a noble prize. Great service for humanity .Happy to see young boy walking all prayers and best wishes for you & all other beneficiaries. 💐
That is LOVE!
Hi 👋
Wow, if someone invests in these surely they'd be able to improve this and make it a commercial success. There's the dedication and drive the rexipe for success.
Today: Dad makes exoskeleton legs for son to walk
Tomorrow: Dad makes nanaomachines to create an outer shell for his son to fight crime and/or senator.
Absolutely inspirational. Both of them are legends. The sheer grit and determination of a father to do the best for his son. Thank you yt for the recommendation
This is what the advancement of technology should be about. Can only imagine what it will be like in 100, 200 years time.
We already have it but the public is not ready for it yet so they introduce us to small upgrades as time go by but trust me Theirs some technology out there that will blow your mind
@@OlSkoolin That's probably true. Most people can't handle or don't like change. I just hope I'm alive long enough to see some of the real good stuff .
The face of the kid knowing that he’s just his father’s experiment
Or the face of your dad knowing that you're father's embarrassment.
A father’s love is undesirable we will do anything to give our children hope
Dads love is never ending
I'm being dead serious when I say this is where the Cybermen started.
Dildos is where cybermen get their start
In a few years everyone will have a suit like ironman. Soldiers will have it to fight. Maybe we could fly. No more cars, planes. I love the future!
God bless you son. You are strong, you will have a wonderful, fulfilling life.
And kudos to that dad, the kind of father every child needs. 💕
My sister is in an electric wheelchair, she would love this! I cried when I saw this! ❤❤❤❤ I am interested in getting this for my beautiful precious sister.
That robotic suite is the start of something wonderful. Imagine more research and funding minimising power supply trimming downsize of components; Dad is amazing.
Everyone talk about the father, but what about the son…. He looks like he’s being forced upon.
So true 😂😂😂 he looks sad and suicidal
his son asked his father to build it. so what on earth are u talking about
@@totallyaccuratebotansimula9493 dude that kid look embarrassed asf
@@crazypasta7749 and u're embarrassing yourself by being so childish. Go home, son.
Just seemed like a self-conscious teenager to me.
Am tearful seeing this. What an incredible work ! So many ppl r going to benefit from this. Incredible!!
This is the kind of happy story the world needs right now.
Oscar's father really loves him. He's lucky to have such a caring Dad who happens to be an engineer.
Good Luck to you both!
Just the kind of upper middle-class family the BBC likes. I know disabled children from poor backgrounds don't get exoskeletons
I'm sure he and his company are working on that.
@@julianshepherd2038 Except they're not. In fact, this exoskeleton is not even suitable for HIS son. It's designed for rehabillitation, not mobility for quadraplegics.
@@matbroomfield I think selling the device as a hospital rehab tool helps them to get the production costs down, and it also gives them time to continue improving the design.
@@roxyiconoclast Yes, you're probably right Roxy. Or at least, it's a first step as they work on an affordable, personal version. I very much hope that they can achieve it, but I don';t imagine it will ever be available for the average person because it's going to be a 10-20k device at the cheapest.
@@matbroomfield time will tell, of course. But from a few articles I’ve come across, this is just one of many exoskeleton projects. Huge companies worldwide reportedly are racing to develop them for medical, industrial, and military applications. Some of the other medical ones look a lot smaller. Sadly, this short video didn’t include any context. Instead they just took the easiest human interest angle, which leaves us with lots of questions. As someone who’s had brief experience using a powered wheelchair, and pushing my mother in a non-powered wheelchair, there are many problems with that technology. One of the biggest problems, though, is that walking people are clueless and rude - exoskeletons can only help a bit with that. When using a powered wheelchair for shopping, I found that some other shoppers collided with me because they only looked ahead at their own eye level (which would cause them to collide with kids or shorter people too). And most others who saw me refused to even make eye contact with me while I was in the chair. Good grief, people can be so weird!
Oh come on, tell us more. BBC, why do you always manage to disappoint nowadays?
Can the boy walk around his home WITHOUT a human backup? Are they lightening it? Does it help to build muscle? How is it controlled? Why do hospitals use it? What medical issue does Oscar have?
Its your job to research it if you really care.
@@themagnificentorange672 You could say that about any news piece "World about to end in terrible disaster" "Its your job to research it if you really care." No - the whole point is, if BBC feels that this is important enough to bring to our attention, it's important enough to provide some useful information.
82 seconds on such an important subject is not a news piece - it's a glorified Tik Tok video.
If you are interested, my daughter and I built a Brain-controlled exoskeleton when she was paralyzed too! We could not afford the $80.000 solutions, so we reached out to experts from around the world and built our own, then made it all open source, so now anyone can build their own. Here is the story if you want to check it out, told by my shy daughter :) ua-cam.com/video/nbanA3gLsMc/v-deo.html
Great job. The son is so lucky to have a dad like this.
Wow so heartwarming!! You are an amazing dad ❤️ I wish your son nothing but the best!
What a super dad! He deserve an award. I pray for a miracle for that boy to be able to walk normal again🙏🏽
Fathers are surely the real heroes...
Blessed to have his apparition on me.. ❤
This father make to everyone cry but make proud to his son. 🦾🦾🦾🦾🦾🦾🦾
You can see the father love for his son .what a wonderful idea ,well done both of you .
What a lovely dad
Awesome dad! This made me teary 🥲
That smile on the father’s face ❤️🥺
Father is always a hero.
this was so lovely glad to see the young man happy 150k is a lot of money so good luck to anyone wanting to do the same.
very happy for the child, god bless son and dad.
Dad is a hero.
What a fantastic dad
Blessed to have a father like that. All the very best♥️
This is amazing!!! Dad looks so proud. Boy is a champion.
What an impressive dad!
Nothing is stronger than love for his child. It makes the impossible seem not so impossible
This is love right here. Father son bond at its best. The dad is an inventor. Great make him #1 dad of America.
0:44! ❤️
This is an awesome dad.
That's a brilliant father. People such as this create opportunity from adversities clutches. I wish the very best for him, his son as well as his whole family.
#Respect
Awesome dad he should be very proud of himself.!
Good Job Dad.
Respect to his dad
Great job Dad. Very inspiring and emotional.
After being in a horrible accident and not being able to walk for months, you understand what we take for granted everyday, blessing to this father
What a wonderful dad x
Real father and true engineer, hats off🙋🙋
Great job, great Dad! Well done Sir.
He is lucky to have a dad like this ❤️
Awesome dad
Hats off to the father
What a great dad!
Nobel prize for this man PLEASE .....he taken nature .and thought outside the box