Success Stories - The walking robot set to help elderly people live an autonomous life (via Research & Innovation)

How can we help elderly people find their way around places which are new and completely unknown to them? At the Science Museum in Trento, northern Italy, Vittoria Basso, 91 years old, is involved in an unusual scientific experience. She is testing a robotic walker.

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