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A Berkeley company fifa Coins on Thursday introduced a battery-powered exoskeleton to get paraplegics out of their wheelchairs and walking on their feet.

Called eLEGS, the exoskeleton consists of a robotic frame controlled through crutches. The crutches contain sensors; putting forward the right crutch moves the left leg, and vice versa. The eLEGS battery can enable a user to walk for one day before it needs to be recharged, according to the product’s developer Berkeley Bionics.

“With every step I feel more confident, and it’s truly liberating, said Amanda Boxtel, a paraplegic for 18 years who demonstrated the eLEGS exoskeleton at a press conference Thursday. “I’m usually in a wheelchair and 4 feet tall, staring up at people’s nostrils. Now I’m able to look at the world.