Tag: Bionics

A recent paper in the journal Science Robotics offers several ideas for the design community to close the sizable gap ...

Össur's newly unveiled five-year strategic plan will help more amputees gain access to high-end prostheses, says company CEO Sveinn Sölvason.

Combine osseointegration with targeted muscle reinnervation and powered bionic technology, and you end up with a prosthetic leg like no ...

Artificial intelligence is all over the news lately. We did a quick survey of the scientific literature to identify the ...

Prosthetic technology for amputees seems to be moving forward constantly. The question is: forward toward what? The value of any ...

When amputees used a high-end bionic hand (for at least two hours each day in their homes, they significantly improved ...

A new control system for bionic limbs uses magnetic implants to help amputees use prosthetic limbs intuitively. Here's how it ...

The Utah Bionic Leg's unique features include an articulated big-toe joint and a “smart transmission system” that gives lower-limb amputees ...

Powered prosthetic devices boost amputees’ comfort and confidence on challenging terrain. But it has been hard to develop intuitive control ...

Last week we introduced you to the SuperHand, a bionic arm that amputees control with their feet. This week we ...

Polish engineers have developed a bionic arm that users control via their toes, heels, and ankles. This intuitive interface is ...

Adaract is working on what may be the first synthetic-muscle-powered leg prosthesis. “It’s going to be life-changing,” exclaims the AK ...

Biomedical engineers at the University of Minnesota may have grabbed the bionic brass ring: a smart prosthetic arm that amputees ...

Lucas Galey has been working on a low-cost microprocessor knee for more than five years. His latest prototype offers high-end ...

The University of Michigan's Robotics Institute is partnering with Humotech on the Open Source Leg, an innovative tools for prosthetics ...

In a new paper, researchers at Cleveland State and the VA describe a prototype powered prosthesis for above-knee amputees that’s ...

Psyonic's Ability Hand has won kudos from the NSF, MIT, Forbes, and other heavy hitters. Most important of all, it ...

The 2022 Consumer Electronics Show raised the curtain on some new amputee-related products. Here's a list of devices that landed ...

Last January, Amplitude shared a set of expectations for amputees in 2021.  They weren’t predictions, per se; more like educated ...

Researchers at the University of Utah’s Bionic Engineering Lab created a motor-driven exoskeleton that can improve mobility for above-knee amputees.

A state Supreme Court rules in an amputee’s favor, a financial guru examines the disability wealth gap, the Russians leap ...

The National Limb Loss Resource Center gets $200K richer, an African artist makes amazingly life-like prostheses, a Nintendo-friendly prosthetic hand ...

Pixar’s animated amputee breaks the Hollywood mold, a Kentucky cop gets fired for his limb difference, a Turkish beauty signs ...

Bernadette Hagans made the finals of the Miss Northern Ireland pageant, becoming the first person with a disability ever to ...

Promo videos for prosthetic devices depict the technology's functionality, which is cool. But they don't always depict functional amputees. Here's ...

Bionic legs already provide amputees with extraordinary function, but two new innovations are on the way: proactive user control and ...

The coming generation of prosthetic technology promises greater affordability and ease of use for amputees. Learn about the game-changing devices ...

Our brains are intimately connected to our bodies by a sophisticated network of nerves and touch receptors. Even the simple ...

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