Berkeley boffins build cut-price robo-crutches, er, sci-fi exoskeleton Exoskeletons designed to help the paralyzed to walk again are usually expensive and bulky, but a startup from University of California at Berkeley has built a lightweight version that's about half the cost of the nearest competitor. Dubbed Phoenix, the 12.25kg (27lb) exoskeleton uses low-cost motors and some high-end computing …
Pretty sure if you're disabled $40,000 to restore a decent amount of freedom would be cheap.
Less help required in the house, able to go do your own shopping, able to get up stairs, less need to have specially designed surfaces in the kitchen and around the rest of the house, seat stores, exercise, lots of other things I suspect. Depending on what kind of mobility it can restore to what kind of disabilities.
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