Stroud boy leads UK’s first home trial of a powered exoskeleton
Seven-year-old Asger from Stroud with cerebral palsy became the UK's first person to trial a home-based powered exoskeleton (the Agilik orthosis by Bionic Power) costing around £72,000; his family paid £600 for a one-week trial, and the device enabled him to walk to school with greater independence, highlighting life-changing potential as well as ongoing affordability and maintenance challenges and the need for broader NHS support.