# Jeremiah Robison from Cionic creates bionic clothing to help patients walk better

- Show: [The Robot Report Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast)
- Published: 2022-06-10
- Length: 1h 03m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2022-06-10-jeremiah-robison-from-cionic-creates-bionic-clothing-to-help-patients-walk-bette
- Listen: https://soundcloud.com/robot-report-podcast/episode-81-the-robot-report

## Summary

Jeremiah Robison, founder and CEO of Psionic, explains how his daughter’s cerebral palsy diagnosis inspired the creation of the Psionic Neurosleeve, a bionic garment that uses functional electrical stimulation (FES) and surface EMG sensors to augment walking for patients with mobility impairments. Robison details the engineering challenges of replacing bulky exoskeleton motors with a non-invasive, wearable system that reads neural intent and delivers real-time stimulation to four major leg muscle groups. He discusses the company's journey from garage-based prototyping to receiving FDA clearance and selling out its initial founders program, highlighting the therapeutic benefits of reinforcing neural pathways rather than just providing passive assistance.

## Chapters

- [0:08](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2022-06-10-jeremiah-robison-from-cionic-creates-bionic-clothing-to-help-patients-walk-bette#t=8) Introduction: Jeremiah Robison and Psionic
- [1:40](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2022-06-10-jeremiah-robison-from-cionic-creates-bionic-clothing-to-help-patients-walk-bette#t=100) Automate 2022 Recap: Cobots and Soft Robotics
- [18:27](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2022-06-10-jeremiah-robison-from-cionic-creates-bionic-clothing-to-help-patients-walk-bette#t=1107) News: NASA Webb Telescope and Graffiti Robots
- [26:22](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2022-06-10-jeremiah-robison-from-cionic-creates-bionic-clothing-to-help-patients-walk-bette#t=1582) Psionic Neurosleeve Technology and Origin Story
- [32:11](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2022-06-10-jeremiah-robison-from-cionic-creates-bionic-clothing-to-help-patients-walk-bette#t=1931) Engineering the Non-Invasive Stimulation System
- [45:17](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2022-06-10-jeremiah-robison-from-cionic-creates-bionic-clothing-to-help-patients-walk-bette#t=2717) Therapeutic Benefits and User Customization
- [57:43](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2022-06-10-jeremiah-robison-from-cionic-creates-bionic-clothing-to-help-patients-walk-bette#t=3463) Future Vision: Open Platform for Human Augmentation

## Topics

- [Medical & health devices](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/medical-devices)
- [Prototyping & iteration](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/prototyping)
- [Sensors & measurement in products](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sensors)
- [Starting a product company](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/starting-a-company)
- [Certification & compliance](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/certification-and-compliance)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Psionic (company)
- Psionic Neurosleeve (product)
- Apple Newton (product)
- Open Wave Systems (company)
- PayPal (company)
- Jawbone (company)
- Control Labs (company)
- Facebook (company)
- ReWalk Robotics (company)
- NASA James Webb Telescope (product)
- Soft Robotics (company)
- Universal Robots (company)
- Waymo (company)
- Uber (company)

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