More than 2 million Americans have lost a limb, and it's estimated there are 185,000 amputations every year. New technology in prosthetics is helping many amputees move forward. Robert Wright has kept ...

Above-the-knee amputees would find it easier to walk with prosthetics inspired by ostrich legs rather than ones designed to look like human legs, according to a study by the Wellcome Trust and the ...

The prosthesis tries to replicate the nervous system’s feedback loop. The issue: People who walk on both legs rely on constant feedback between their nerves and their brain to get around. But people ...

An improved prosthetic leg device outfitted with a number of external sensors, representing foot touch and pressure and knee joint angle, transmit sensory signals back to the nervous system through a ...

FREMONT, MI-- Nearly two years after losing both legs above the knee in an accident, 20-year-old Nathan Wolford is back to doing the things he loves. He successfully walked a 5K race this spring on ...

There's been a lot of research into how to give robots and prosthesis wearers a sense of touch, but it has focused largely on the hands. Now, researchers led by ETH Zurich want to restore sensory ...

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 ...