ABLE Exoskeleton

Overview

The ABLE Exoskeleton is a Barcelona-made hip-and-knee gait trainer for clinics, built around backdrivable actuators and a frame that a therapist can fit in under 8 minutes with tool-free pin locks and magnetic strap clips. It fits people 150–190 cm tall and up to 100 kg, aged 18 and over, and the wearer transfers into it from a wheelchair and balances on crutches or a walker. It gained a CE mark under the EU Medical Device Regulation in April 2024 (notified body BSI 2797) for spinal cord injury rehabilitation, with multiple sclerosis and neuromuscular disease added later and a broader neurological gait indication, including stroke, announced in March 2026. It has no FDA clearance and is sold only to hospitals and rehabilitation centres in the EU and associated markets, where more than 200 people have taken over a million steps in it, including six public hospitals in Catalonia since late 2025. A personal version for home use, reported as ABLE Daily and in home trials since 2025, is planned for launch in 2026 but is not yet on sale (unconfirmed). Among clinic gait trainers it is markedly lighter than the EksoNR or Hyundai's X-ble MEX.