"Smart" prosthetic legs can help amputees achieve a natural walking gait, but it's done through robotic sensors and algorithms that drive the limb forward at predetermined rates. A better way ...

There are also small vibration sensors in the leg for a bit of ... to share some more videos and a few pictures of his robotic prosthetic leg; you can check those out after the break.

Leg driven by the nervous ... regain their natural walking gait through robotic sensors and pre-determined walking algorithms. However, these prosthetics still don't allow the patient to control ...

By late 2009, testing was underway on the PowerFoot BiOM, the first lower-leg system to use robotics ... governing the prosthetic’s movement. But Herr is working on sensors that can tap into ...

Even today, custom-built prosthetics cost an arm and a leg, but there’s no ... This is a custom printed robotic hand controlled by a pulse sensor. It’s in its early stages right now, but ...

Demonstration of the robotic prosthetic ankle. Electromyographic sensors (on calf at left) capture electrical activity generated by muscles when they are flexed. This signal tells the prosthesis ...

A revolutionary new robot with no brain that can move faster than a Ferrari “thinks” with its legs. Dutch scientists have ...

One of the most impressive features of the Ability Hand is its integrated pressure sensors ... prosthetic technology. Through the Ability Fund, your tax-deductible donation helps provide a hand or ...

Conventional force sensors ... or intuitive human-robot interaction and integration,” said Song. The technology is also being applied to the development of myoelectric prosthetic control and ...

A revolutionary new robot with no brain that can move faster than a Ferrari “thinks” with its legs. Dutch scientists ... no software, and no sensors. Yet it is still able to move at speed ...