amputees

Stan Schaar, who lost his left leg in an accident while helping a neighbor, never thought he would again feel the sensation of effortlessly walking with two healthy legs. Then he slipped on a new experimental exoskeleton developed by…

One last run of the 4x100-meter relay in front of a big crowd. One last time at the Paralympics - his third in an unusual career. One last medal would have been the cherry on top. David Behre ultimately left empty-handed yet he…

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Scientists have created an inflatable robotic hand that costs a fraction of more rigid prosthetic limbs and gives amputees real-time tactile control.The pliable design, which bears an uncanny resemblance to the inflatable robot in the…

For the more than 5 million people in the world who have undergone an upper-limb amputation, prosthetics have come a long way. Beyond traditional mannequin-like appendages, there is a growing number of commercial neuroprosthetics -- highly…