I just want to congratulate you on launching a product that I hope will have an incredibly positive impact for numerous families. I wish you the best of luck in your endeavor!
Launch HN: Trexo Robotics (YC W19) – Robotic Legs for Kids with Cerebral Palsy
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Re: Launch HN: Trexo Robotics (YC W19) – Robotic Legs for Kids with Cerebral Palsy
#12This looks pretty amazing, and it's exciting to see this technology applied to an area that is likely overlooked but extremely important.
I noticed that the full purchase option only comes with a 2 year warranty. That seems a bit short, no? Given that this costs as much as a car, I'd expect a warranty similar to what you'd find on a Honda, for example.
I'm not your target audience, so take that with a few grains of salt.
Re: Launch HN: Trexo Robotics (YC W19) – Robotic Legs for Kids with Cerebral Palsy
#13how did you determine the cost of 29K?
This price is based on our current costs of producing and servicing these units at our projected quantities. It is still quite expensive for most families, unfortunately. Our goal is to engage with insurance companies to make this more affordable and accessible for the larger population, based on the early adopters that are buying and the clinical studies we are doing.
Agreed with other poster. If you can show that other issues can be prevented/reduced, you've got a good case for insurers.
Re: Launch HN: Trexo Robotics (YC W19) – Robotic Legs for Kids with Cerebral Palsy
#14Fantastic product! Really great that you have been able to help people become empowered for themselves. Scale: Do you need help reducing the BOM costs? You could go for economies of scale (and reuse 75% of the same BOM) and build a variant for adult rehabilitation for injured soldiers, car accident victims or others with leg injuries. Or how about a variant that allows for anyone to use to strengthen imbalances in mu…
We are still producing at low quantities, but we have a pathway to bring down BOM costs with scale. In terms of other applications, the technology that we are building can evolve for other uses over time, but its not a straight replacement. We wanted to target an immediate need that we saw in the world today.
Great! Keep it up!
Re: Launch HN: Trexo Robotics (YC W19) – Robotic Legs for Kids with Cerebral Palsy
#15Congratulations, this looks fantastic! I'm afraid I don't have anything useful to contribute from medical standpoint, but I have a couple of technical questions if you don't mind.
What kind of actuators are you using (motors/transmission/motor controller)? Are they off-the-shelf parts or developed in-house? What is approximate power/torque?
How did you approach the motion control aspect from the user-safety standpoint? I don't know if the device is powerful enough to cause injury, but if it is - how do you go about development/QA to minimize chance of harm?
Thanks!
Re: Launch HN: Trexo Robotics (YC W19) – Robotic Legs for Kids with Cerebral Palsy
#16How do you justify the price of $1k/mo? -- isn't that a bit too much?
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
This price is based on our current costs of producing and servicing these units at our projected quantities. It is still quite expensive for most families, unfortunately. Our goal is to engage with insurance companies to make this more affordable and accessible for the larger population, based on the early adopters that are buying and the clinical studies we are doing.
The thing that pisses me off is that there are so many startups or companies where insurance companies would benefit from providing service to product mappings much more smoothly and efficiently. You should have to “think about wngaging with insurance companies” There should be a fucking marketplace and a brokering system already in place that your products can be submitted to and that system gets you engaged with th…
That marketplace sounds like a startup idea.
Re: Launch HN: Trexo Robotics (YC W19) – Robotic Legs for Kids with Cerebral Palsy
#19How do you justify the price of $1k/mo? -- isn't that a bit too much?
This doesn't sound like a labor of profit but more a labor of love. I'm sure the cost comes from production cost rather than an attempt to make an obscene profit. That's the reality when making a product of this nature especially at the early stages.
Re: Launch HN: Trexo Robotics (YC W19) – Robotic Legs for Kids with Cerebral Palsy
#20wow do i wish i could afford this... I adopted a child from a bulgarian orphanage 2 years ago who has CP and this seems like it would be a game changer for her.
Great work !