A motorized exoskeleton device for facilitating locomotion for a user the device including a torso base for affixing to the torso of the user a pair of limb members configured to be coupled to a lower extremity of the user. Each limb member includes a first support segment and a second support segment where the first support segment is superior to the second support segment two motorized joints one of the motorized joints connecting the first support segment to the second support segment and an other motorized joint connecting the first support segment to the torso base and two motors configured to move the motorized joints wherein the motors are coupled to the superior support segment.