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A student with brittle bone disease has launched a startup in eastern China to develop a smart exoskeleton that will allow him and others to walk. For over a decade, Zhang Liang, who has osteogenesis imperfecta, or brittle bone disease, has used a wiggle car to get around. But that’s all about to change. This summer, the 22-year-old plans to unveil a self-developed intelligent exoskeleton that will allow him and others with physical disabilities to stand and walk independently. The sight of Zhang arriving on his wiggle car to take the gaokao , China’s national college entrance exam, brought him public attention in 2022. Since then, the Anhui Polytechnic University student has launched his own technology startup, bringing together a team of 28 full-time employees and university students majoring in fields such as computer sciences and mechatronics, with the aim to produce affordable smart technology that improves the lives of disabled people. In April last year, Zhang and his class
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