Powered walking assistance device with cane portion used as joystick controller

An electronic walking assistance device, comprising:

• a cane portion, having surfaces for holding against arms and/or hands of a user;
• an electromotive device, which automatically creates motion to follow a movement of the user, enabling walking assistance without lifting the electromotive device off the ground;
• a tactile joystick connection between the cane portion and the electromotive device, which translates forward and backwards motion by the user into a tilting action against the electromotive device that causes forward or backward movement of the electromotive device, and where the tactile joystick connection allows side to side movement of a specified amount without translating that into movement of the electromotive device
• wherein the cane ends at an extension spring assembly that has extension springs on the first and second sides that allow the side to side movement of the specified amount.