A paralysed groom has achieved his goal of walking at his wedding in the US, thanks to a robotic "exoskeleton".

Matt Ficarra was paralysed from the chest down in 2011, after breaking his neck in a boating accident.

But family and friends cheered as he walked into the hotel ballroom in Syracuse, New York to wait for his soon-to-be-wife, Jordan Basile, to join him for the ceremony.

After the couple said their vows, he walked down the aisle with his bride.

The 30-year-old was able to stand and walk using a robotic-like device called an Ekso.

The bionic exoskeleton is portable and straps onto Matt, allowing him to walk.

"It feels great to be married," he said. "And I am so happy to have met my goal of walking at my wedding."

Matt said it felt natural to walk with the device.

His father Frank Ficarra, who was also one of the groom's three best men, said: "It's spectacular.

"I am so proud of him. He's determined and he accomplishes what he sets out to do."

According to the makers of the equipment, Ekso Bionics, the device is mainly "used by therapists in rehabilitation settings to help individuals with any amount of lower extremity weakness to stand up and walk.

"Walking is achieved by the user's weight shifts or the push of a button to activate sensors in the device which initiate the steps.

"Battery-powered motors drive the legs, replacing deficient neuromuscular function."

Since April, Matt has been driving once a week to a rehabilitation centre in Pennsylvania, seven hours from his Syracuse home, in order to practice using the device.

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