French researchers built one. It's a proof of concept, but it did allow a completely paralyzed volunteer to walk again, albeit in the constrained world of the lab.
Whether these will become common is uncertain, although the volunteer is also using his surgically implanted hardware to control a wheelchair, an approach that seems much more likely to become available.
Cost is obviously another issue with the technology, but we now know that it can be done.
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