University designs mechnical horse

Researchers at Baylor Univerity in Texas have designed and built a mechanical horses to help those with physical and mental disabilities get the same benefits from hippotherapy.Getting some people on to a horse can be a major difficulty which the mechanical horse could also help overcome.The movements promote many physical benefits like increased circulation, development of balance and improved co-ordination, among many others.Therapeutic riding can help children and adults with various impairments or delays in development, including those with cerebral palsy, spina bifida, Down syndrome and autism.Baylor’s prototype mechanical horse mimics a real horse by using a three-dimensional system.The stationary device with a moving saddle surface can move in virtually all directions in a cycling pattern, putting the body through a complex of movements just like real hippotherapy.