While it can be relatively easy for a person with lower limb amputation to walk on flat ground using a basic prosthetic leg, walking up stairs or across uneven terrain with a prosthetic can be incredibly challenging. That’s why scientists are turning to robotics and artificial … [Read more...] about AI gives this prosthetic leg the ability to adjust to different terrains
Prosthetics
New advanced prosthesis operates using mind-control
Researchers have developed one of the world’s most advanced prosthetic arms which is integrated with the patients’ nerves to work seamlessly via mind control. The innovative bionic system allows patients to maneuver limbs with thought and even feed sensations back to the … [Read more...] about New advanced prosthesis operates using mind-control
This paralympic swimmer is testing world’s most advanced AI bionic limbs
Morgan Stickney was once an Olympic hopeful, but a rare, painful vascular disease forced her out of the water and into the surgery room to get her legs amputated below the knee. But rather than opting for a standard amputation, Stickney took a chance and chose for an experimental … [Read more...] about This paralympic swimmer is testing world’s most advanced AI bionic limbs
New prosthetic gives amputees real-time mind control of robotic hand
Machine learning algorithms and new techniques in biomedical engineering are leading to the creation of robotic hands that amputees can use to regain the functions of a real hand. Recently, researchers at the University of Michigan tapped faint, latent signals from arm nerves … [Read more...] about New prosthetic gives amputees real-time mind control of robotic hand
This low-cost 3D-printed prosthetic arm provides feedback to its users
Creating prosthetics that are low-cost and capable of providing feedback to the brain is a massive challenge, but a student at the University of Leeds seems to have pulled it off. For his final year project in the Product Design bachelors, Lorenzo Spreafico created a 3D-printed … [Read more...] about This low-cost 3D-printed prosthetic arm provides feedback to its users