Ewha Womans University student wins wearable robot contest
Lee Joo-hyun /Courtesy of Ewha Womans UniversityBy Bahk Eun-jiLee Joo-hyun, 20, a student of political science and international relations at Ewha Womans University, recently ranked third in the International Cybathlon competition held at KAIST, Daejeon.The Cybathlon is an international competition where people with disabilities and engineers form a team, and the people with the disabilities wear bionic assistive devices and compete against each other, completing activities that require accuracy and speed.“I wanted to find a new turning point in my life and challenge myself by participating in the Cybathlon competition,” Lee said. She became paraplegic after a car accident last year when she was a high school senior.Lee said she could have been discouraged by the shock of the accident that occurred when she was preparing for the college entrance exam, but she thought things could be different.While hospitalized and receiving treatment at Yonsei University Hospital, professors Shin Ji-cheol and Na Dong-wook, who treated her, introduced her to the Cybathlon competition and
