Beloved Boston sportscaster Bob Lobel is going bionic to fulfill his dream of walking easily again.

Pool workouts, weight training and hobbling around on crutches just wasn’t cutting it. So the 69-year-old sports maestro and his therapists turned to the magic packed into the $40,000 AlterG Bionic Leg.

The battery-operated robotic smart-leg — that wraps around an injured limb (think “RoboCop”) — beeps, buzzes and propels the patient up stairs and down hallways. The company rents out the skintight exoskeleton for $700 to $1,000 a month, depending on hours of use.

“I enjoy using the machine, other than the fact it’s weird and makes sounds; it gives you that feedback, audio feedback, of doing it correctly or not correctly,” Lobel told the Herald as he took a test stroll at the Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital in Westboro.

“I could probably beat David Ortiz down first base with this,” he said. “I think I’m a lot stronger than I used to be.”

The indestructible local TV legend said he longs to walk freely again. “I dream about walking and I get up and say ‘I’ll just go from this dream to the world,’ but it doesn’t happen that way,” he said, adding he’s determined to at least use the new gadget to walk his 18-year-old daughter down the wedding aisle when that day comes.

It was at Super Bowl XLII in 2008 that Lobel says “things started to get dicey. I basically couldn’t walk.” The Patriots lost to the Giants (17-14) and Lobel lost his ability to walk with ease.

Soon after, he was diagnosed with spinal stenosis — a narrowing of the spinal column that resulted in weakness in both of his legs.

“I ignored it. ‘This isn’t that bad a deal. It will go away,’ but it didn’t,” he said. “I couldn’t walk without crutches. I said: ‘I have to fix this,’ but it wasn’t fixable.”

Lobel has been undergoing therapy at Whittier where his therapist, Michelle Diebler, says he’s a model patient. “He keeps coming back. He works hard,” Diebler said. “He takes everything we throw at him.”

After three back surgeries, Lobel also suffered a setback after falling three times in the past three years — but he’s not quitting.

“Pain is not the issue. It’s strength, control and balance,” Lobel said.

The technology is also being used to help stroke patients and could assist Boston Marathon bombing victims.

But for now, Lobel has one goal: “I go from two crutches to one crutch. Two canes to one cane. If I get to using one cane, I’ll be a satisfied guy. I’ve got to somehow fix this.”