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Gait & Mobility

Gait trainers support patients as they practise walking, on a treadmill or over ground, while wearable motion-assist and transfer robots help with standing and moving. Most are specified for hospitals and rehabilitation centres.

By Aarav Mehta

Reviewed October 2026. Prices and availability are read live.

Buying advice

Fit the device to your referral pathway

A gait service that sees mostly early stroke patients will use equipment differently from a spinal cord injury unit running long programmes, so start from your referral mix and the stage of recovery you treat. WHO's spinal cord injury fact sheet stresses that ongoing multidisciplinary rehabilitation and access to assistive products underpin function and community participation, which favours equipment that serves a whole pathway rather than one admission. Ask each maker which patient groups and recovery stages its published evidence covers, and whether the system can grow with a patient from heavily supported practice towards more independent walking.

Weigh capital cost against session volume

On a check in October 2026, listed prices here spanned roughly $25,000 (Hal (Cyberdyne)) to $250,000 (Lokomat (Hocoma)), and one listing was quote-only. That spread covers very different classes of equipment, so compare cost per supervised session rather than headline price. Ask each maker for the yearly cost of consumables, harness sizes, software licences and service visits, then estimate how many sessions your staffing really allows. A costly trainer in use all day can work out cheaper per session than a low-cost device that spends most of the week idle.

Treat research listings as a conversation

RIKEN's Hug carries a research status, so read its listing as an opening for discussion rather than an order. Ask whether a unit can be lent for a trial, what ethical approval your site would need before using it with patients, and whether the developer can confirm its regulatory position for clinical use. For every system here, ask whether its safety testing references IEC 80601-2-78:2019 and whether your national regulator accepts that evidence. Keep the answers in your procurement file, since later audits will ask how the decision was reached and which risks were accepted.

What to look for

Treadmill-based or overground, and the levels of support each offers
Room size, ceiling height and installation needs in your facility
Staff training, session set-up time and the patient size range

Common questions

Treadmill or overground gait training: what's the difference?

Treadmill-based systems such as Lokomat guide the legs in a fixed setting. Overground systems such as Andago let patients walk through the room with body-weight support. Clinical teams often consider both.

Are patient-transfer robots available to buy?

Some patient-care robots are still research systems. Check each listing's details, and request a quote on The Humanoid Group to ask about availability.

Sources and further reading

Spinal cord injury fact sheet — World Health Organization.
WHO facts on spinal cord injury, its global burden and the role of rehabilitation and assistive products.
IEC 80601-2-78:2019 Medical robots for rehabilitation, assessment, compensation or alleviation — ISO / IEC.
Safety and essential-performance requirements for medical robots that physically assist patients in rehabilitation.

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