practice. it definitely can't and won't replace s.s. therapists. it can't replace the interpersonal relationship between the patient and the therapist but we've seen that it doesn't take training very well and that gives us an opportunity in the short time we have to work with the patient to focus on other things like strength and balance. so for some patients gait training can be done by a robot an assistant. is still undergoing testing at present it's capabilities are limited even taking the elevator is too much for it unless a human comes to the rescue. but most patients do well with the robot in fact they end up walking twice as far as with a human trainer host michaud goes a co-developer of a radius the robot attracts a lot of interest wherever it goes. built into his leash robotics will play