Implant brings increased dexterity and sense of touch to hand prosthesis
A collaboration working under the EU-funded DeTOP project has developed a new hand prosthesis that reads signals direct from an amputee's nerves and muscles via electrodes implanted in the patient's arm.
View ArticleRobotic leg leans on animal evolution to teach itself to walk
In news that will do little to dampen fears of a robot apocalypse, researchers have built a robo-limb that can teach itself to walk. It's hoped the research will open up new possibilities in the...
View ArticleLow-cost sensor glove could lead to robots that identify objects by touch
MIT has developed an inexpensive sensor glove designed to enable artificial intelligence to figure out how humans identify objects by touch.
View ArticleArtificial muscles run on glucose and oxygen, just like the real thing
Scientists at Linköping University have developed an artificial muscle that runs off of glucose and oxygen like its organic counterpart. Made of a special polymer, the new plastic muscles open the...
View ArticleScientists look to improve balance with a robotic tail
Tails are used throughout the animal kingdom to help with balance or to grip objects. Humans don't have such a thing, so scientists at the Keio University Graduate School of Media Design have built...
View ArticleResearcher spins prosthetic socket from plastic waste
The latest effort to make use of this throw-away resource uses waste plastic water bottles to make sockets for prosthetic limbs.
View ArticleE-glove slips over prosthetic hands to alert the senses
A Purdue University team has developed a special type of glove that gives a prosthetic hand some of the sensory capabilities of a human hand.
View ArticleSwiss tech is like driver-assist for prosthetic hands
Scientists from the EPFL research institute are developing new technology, in which a computer takes over certain functions of prosthetic hands.
View ArticleBilateral brain implant gives paraplegic a two-handed sense of touch
Scientists studying brain-computer interfaces at Johns Hopkins University are reporting a big breakthrough, demonstrating a system that enables a quadriplegic to control and gain feedback from two...
View ArticleBionic leg offers amputee a Terminator-like experience
Researchers at the University of Utah have been working on an advanced type of prosthetic and are now showing off what they call one of the world’s first truly bionic legs, with an early tester...
View ArticleCustom bionic hand will be 3D-printed to order – in just 10 hours
Amputees wishing to get a powered prosthetic hand – also known as a bionic hand – typically have to wait quite a while for it to be manufactured. Soon, however, they should be able to order a custom...
View ArticleBudget 3D-printed prosthetic arm is made for toddlers
Given that parents are already reluctant to buy fancy clothes that their tyke will soon outgrow, it follows that they would really question buying their amputee toddler a prosthetic arm. A new...
View ArticleProsthetic device enables bionic jellyfish to swim three times faster
Scientists at Caltech and Stanford University have developed a tiny prosthetic that gives jellyfish an ability to swim faster while using less energy, all with the aim of one day using them to monitor...
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Muscle grafts boost nerve signals for better performing prosthetics
Various groups have already developed "thought-controlled" prosthetic hands, that respond to nerve impulses in the user's residual arm stump. A new system could make such hands easier than ever to use,...
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Walking robot uses neural net to change gaits
Insects rapidly transition between different walking gaits, in response to external stimuli. Scientists have now created a small robot that can do the same thing, utilizing an integrated artificial...
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Mind-controlled prosthetic arms "feel" like the real thing
An international team of scientists is reporting success with one of the most advanced bionic arms ever made. The system is integrated into the patient’s nerves, allowing them to control the prosthesis...
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Polymer coating may help anchor implants to bone
Whenever someone receives a steel implant such as an artificial hip, there's always a risk that it won't integrate with the surrounding bone, ultimately causing it to separate and fail. A new coating,...
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High-tech armband detects user's hand gestures
There are already computer vision systems and sensor-equipped gloves that can detect a person's hand gestures. Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley have developed an alternative...
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New amputation technique may offer better control of prosthetic limbs
For some time now, we've been hearing about prosthetic limbs that are designed to work with amputees' bodies. MIT researchers are taking a different approach, though, with a new type of amputation that...
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Touch-sensitive, self-healing AiFoam may find use in robotics and more
There are now a number of materials designed to give robots or prostheses a sense of touch. And while most of them are thin and skin-like, a new alternative takes the form of a spongey foam – and it...
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