Watch: Prosthetic legs made with cane by startup Rise Legs in Bengaluru

For a low price of less than $150.

An estimated population of 26 million people is living with disability in India. Providing quality prosthetic legs to the disabled is a big issue in India as many of them resort to freely available prosthetic legs which are poor in quality.

Though there are efficient prosthetic legs available in the market, these are highly priced making them unaffordable to common people.

Rise Legs, a Bengaluru-based startup has launched a prosthetic leg made of cane which will address the problems faced by the disabled.

The cane-based prosthetic legs of Rise Legs are four times lighter than similar products and amputees can not only walk, but also run, play and dance with the product.

Each leg is assembled by local technicians and distributed in partnership with established programs and organizations that focus their work on people living with disabilities. The cost is as low as Rs. 10,000 (less than $150).

Founded by Arun Cherian who quit his Ph.D. in Mechanical engineering at Purdue University to develop low-cost, high-quality prosthetic legs, the startup was the only participant from India at the world’s first Cybalathon, an Olympics for bionic athletes in which they in the seventh and eight spots.

Previously, Cherian had been a researcher at University of California, Berkeley developing wearable exoskeletal suits to help the paralyzed people walk. He completed his Masters in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University, New York and Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from Anna University.

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