Scientists have developed a prosthetic leg controlled by the human brain which could make it easier for amputees to get up and down stairs. The ground-breaking new device allows patients to directly ...

While last year's trial focused on folks with below-the-knee amputations, this one worked with above-the-knee amputees. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) ...

A patient walks wearing the robotic leg developed by the MIT research team. Courtesy of Nature. A scientist who lost both of his legs in an accident has created a robotic leg that allows patients like ...

When an amputee patient thinks about walking, the prosthetic limb moves naturally A high-tech prosthetic leg enables amputees to walk naturally and at normal speeds without consciously thinking about ...

A bionic leg has made it possible for people with below-the-leg amputations to walk more naturally, at a normal speed and walk up and down steps. The state-of-the-art prosthetic limbs can help people ...

Amputees given new bionic legs can walk naturally and at a normal speed in a “miraculous” world-first scientific breakthrough. Robotic legs built by scientists and engineers at Massachusetts Institute ...

Amy Pietrafitta has learned to walk seven times. First was as a child and then after an industrial burn led to the amputation of her left leg in 2018. Since then, she’s had “first steps” in prosthetic ...

AMPUTEES could walk normally again with “miraculous” bionic legs that are so good the inventor plans to fit them to his own body. Dr Hugh Herr, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, lost ...

A high-tech prosthetic leg enables amputees to walk naturally and at normal speeds without consciously thinking about it, a study suggests. Developed by scientists at Massachusetts Institute of ...