This Eighth Grader Is Shaping the Future of Wearable Robotics

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Case Neel, 13, is a busy kid who loves coding and robotics, captains his school’s quiz bowl team, and lives with his family on a farm northwest of Atlanta.

He also has cerebral palsy — and for the past four years, he has played a key role in improving one of the most exciting medical devices at Georgia Tech.

“My role here is as a participant in exoskeleton research studies,” Case explained. “When I come in, researchers hook me up to sensors that monitor my gait when I’m walking in the device, and then they get a whole lot of data based off that.”

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