A Welsh village clinic gives a walking robot its UK debut

The Canadian company Trexo Robotics brought its pediatric walking device to Equinox Physiotherapy in Cross Hands, Carmarthenshire, on 13 August 2026 — the machine’s first appearance in the United Kingdom. Five children took turns on the walking course, with further sessions bookable through 19 August. Trexo is a motorised exoskeleton strapped to a child’s legs and mounted on a wheeled frame: motors drive the hip and knee through a walking gait while the frame carries the weight, so a child who cannot walk unaided takes steps under power.

The clinic is treating children with cerebral palsy, spinal muscular atrophy, muscular dystrophy, Rett syndrome, and brain and spinal cord injuries. The frame adjusts to each child’s height and range.

What a device like this restores is not only ambulation. Standing and stepping load the skeleton, move the gut, and work the cardiovascular system in ways sitting does not, which is why paediatric physiotherapy fights for upright time at all. Co-founder Manmeet Maggu framed the launch plainly: “Every child deserves the chance to take steps on their own terms.”