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The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

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Advances in wearable robot technology have been especially momentous to Byoung-Wook Kim, a triplegic for 22 years following a devastating car accident.? Kim rejoiced after standing upright and walking again by putting on the 'WalkON Suit,' the wearable robot developed by Professor Kyoungchul Kong's team.

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