Paralyzed student, Austin Whitney, walks at graduation

Austin Whitney, a UC Berkeley student who was paralyzed in an auto accident four years ago, walked across the stage at his commencement ceremony using the "Austin" exoskeleton, developed by Berkeley's Prof. Homayoon Kazerooni and his team of mechanical engineering students.
Video produced by Roxanne Makasdjian, UC Berkeley Media Relations
For full story: http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/0...

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[Samuel Tan]

The first time a youtube video almost made me cry

[yeebrada]

I teared up. This is truly wonderful. So proud to be a Berkeley student :)

[Tiffany Tang]

do you know him? unless you truly have met him and you know he really is a piece of shit then don't say anything you fuckin cunt. at least he had the courage to even attempt this while you dont even have the courage to say this to anyone face to face let a lone use your real name. pray that i never meet you cause you're the type of people i hate the most

[brendonstar50]

i met him today, really nice guy

[TheCincinato]

son of a bitch

[Lauren P]

Darn those onions...

[hirano0820]

This movie is very impressive. Many robots for paraplegia are now being developed in the world. I think WPAL is one of the best robot. You can find WPAL on the youtube.

[julianwlewis1]

Why the hell would people dislike this its amazing and beautiful to see someone who is disabled able to reach the goal and do the impossible I don't care how it works that's amazing thank you to the mechanical engineering department at UC Berkeley.

[Shunmite]

Thats amazing. Its good to see that some people are not allowing their disabilities to keep them from their hopes and dreams. Congratulations to a well deserved graduation.

[xeokym]

It must've taken him a long time to walk across the stage. Why didn't they show that instead of blah-blah-blah from the speech? I wanted to see how the thing worked. =/ I wonder how long the battery lasts?

Seems kinda similar to the "backpack" exo-skeleton thing the military made, so foot soldiers could carry several hundred lbs. of extra weight for gear.