Japanese carmaker Toyota has designed a robotic leg to help disabled people walk. The company demonstrated the new device to reporters at its headquarters in Tokyo this week. The robotic leg is called the Welwalk WW-1000 system. It has a mechanical frame that fits onto a person’s leg below the knee. Patients can practice walking on a special treadmill. Eiichi Saito is a doctor and an executive vice president at Fujita Health University. His university helped Toyota develop the robotic leg. Saito said it is designed to be worn on one leg for patients who are paralyzed on one side of their body because of a stroke or other disease.
Title: Toyota Plans to Offer a Robotic Leg to Help the Disabled
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called the Welwalk WW-1000 system.</span> <span data-start-time='24604' data-end-time='31833'>It has a mechanical frame that fits onto a person’s leg below the knee.</span> <span data-start-time='31833' data-end-time='37292'>Patients can practice walking on a special treadmill.</span> <span data-start-time='37292' data-end-time='46229'>Eiichi Saito is a doctor and an executive vice president at Fujita Health University.</span> <span data-start-time='46229' data-end-time='52458'>His university helped Toyota develop the robotic leg.</span> <span data-start-time='52458' data-end-time='66833'>Saito said it is designed to be worn on one leg for patients who are paralyzed on one side of their body because of a stroke or other disease.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' 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