The Austin Whitney project

Austin Whitney and the Berkeley Robotics and Human Engineering Laboratory make history at Berkeley’s commencement ceremony.

Austin Whitney and the Berkeley Robotics and Human Engineering Laboratory, led by mechanical engineer Homayoon Kazerooni, garner national attention after Whitney walks during his Berkeley commencement ceremony using a bionic exoskeleton. Whitney, who is unable to use his legs, worked with a team of Berkeley engineers to get the exoskeleton prototype operational.

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