VariLeg enhanced

"We are like one big family, I think that's what makes us special", says Thomas Krieg. But the foreman also has a very competitive and performance-oriented side, which probably comes from his professional career as a bobsleigh racer. "In 2015 I got overturned in a training on the bob run. Since then, I’m a paraplegic from the 12^th thoracic vertebra downwards." In his everyday life he uses a wheelchair, but he trains once or twice a week with the exoskeleton on a replicated CYBATHLON course. When Thomas speaks about CYBATHLON one can sense the former professional athlete: "We have a fast and stable machine that offers many technical possibilities."

With the Enhanced Hybrid, the team VariLeg Enhanced is entering completely new territory. They envision a combination of wheelchair and exoskeleton. A hybrid that combines the advantages of both assistance devices. The Enhanced Hybrid is realized as a kind of "Transformer": a wheelchair that converts into an exoskeleton at the push of a button. This enables greater mobility and independence for paraplegics in everyday life.