Genoa (Italy), 30 October 2024: Two lower limb prosthetic prototypes developed at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT - Italian Institute of Technology) took the podium at Cybathlon 2024, the ...

A commercial robotic leg could potentially benefit both higher- and lower-mobility amputees, University of Michigan roboticists have shown for the first time. The leg provided the largest gains when ...

A new robotic prosthetic leg prototype offers a more natural gait while also being quieter and more energy efficient than other designs. The key is the use of new small and powerful motors, originally ...

BEFORE HUGH Herr became a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), he was a promising rock climber. But after being trapped in a blizzard during a climb at age 17, he lost both ...

A San Antonio boy was riding his bike on the sidewalk last year when he fell and broke his leg. Doctors who performed emergency surgery that night questioned why the femur broke so easily, his mother ...

MOUNT VERNON, New York (WABC) -- After a five-year-old endured a life-threatening illness, doctors gave him new tools to brighten his future. Steffon Carter started first grade at Mt Pleasant ...