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But
recently, he began exercising his arms, building up the strength to carry
out everyday chores such as washing his face and brushing his teeth.
Doctors at the China Rehabilitation Research Centre in Beijing found out
about Mr Peng's plight late last year and devised a plan to get him up
walking again.
They came up with an ingenious way to allow him to walk on his own, creating
a sophisticated egg cup-like casing to hold his body with two bionic legs
attached to it.
He has been taking his first steps around the centre with the aid of his
specially adapted legs and a resized walking frame.
Mr Peng, who has to learn how to walk again, is said to be delighted with
the device.
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