Bangkok, August 30th 2017: President of IRPC Public Company Limited, Mr. Sukrit Surabotsopon said, “The company signed an agreement with SNMRI and Sripatum University to research and develop a medical apparatus, under the “Rehabilitation Exoskeleton Robot Suit for Paraplegic Patients Development” project with the industrial scale planning. The aspiration is to create an opportunity for the disabled people to improve their daily quality of life. One of the shortcomings of the existing rehabilitation exoskeleton robot suit is its large driving unit, an aluminum steel material of the excessive 25-kilogram weight which requires high-power battery loading to mobilize. Moreover, its shorter-than-3-hour battery life reduces a possibility for paraplegic patients to use the suit in their real life. To succeed in this project, IRPC researched and developed UHMWPE from the ground-up through in-house technology. With its superior characteristics including strong, durable, highly resistant, self-lubricating, as well as lightweight, UHMWPE can definitely replaces countless metal structures, making the benefit of lower cost and lengthened operating duration. IRPC intends to research and develop diversified innovative products to further improve the daily quality-of-life and public health. Moreover, this project reduces a social inequality and reinforces the government’s Thailand 4.0 model as a next step of innovation and technology for better living.