The Tensegrity Foot, doubtless named for Buckminster Fuller's concept which uses pushing and pulling forces to maintain a balance, takes a very different approach to pedal prosthesis. Instead of using ...

Now MIT engineers have developed a simple, low-cost, passive prosthetic foot that they can tailor to an individual. Given a user's body weight and size, the researchers can tune the shape and ...

Researchers report that they have designed a cheap prosthetic knee that mimics normal walking motion. The team reports that it has calculated the ideal torque that a prosthetic knee should produce, ...

A powered prosthetic leg that predicts when the wearer is about to take steps on flat or inclined surfaces, or climb stairs, helped improve prosthesis control in a small new study. The control system, ...

Engineers have developed a simple, low-cost, passive prosthetic foot that they can tailor to an individual. Given a user's body weight and size, the researchers can tune the shape and stiffness of the ...

Walking confidently down the street, few onlookers would guess that Richard Drury is a product of breakthrough technology. He could be any man enjoying a walk on a cool autumn day. But each step that ...

With a wrench in hand, Andrea Modica makes a final adjustment to the gleaming metallic joint on the prosthetic leg strapped to his left thigh. He stands and walks a few steps along the neon-lit ...

Touch Bionics make realistic prosthetic skins, which can be used for passive and bionic limbs. The skins are called "living skin" and are made from silicon. Watch as the company showcase the process ...

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Prosthetic limb technology has advanced by leaps and bounds, giving amputees a range of bionic options, including artificial knees controlled by microchips, sensor-laden feet driven by artificial ...

In the last two decades, prosthetic limb technology has grown by leaps and bounds. Today, the most advanced prostheses incorporate microprocessors that work with onboard gyroscopes, accelerometers, ...