Student capstone research from the University of Cincinnati’s (UC) College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS) took ...

Muscles are remarkably effective systems for generating controlled force, and engineers developing hardware for robots or ...

A recent Al‑Jazeera investigation sheds light on the growing crisis facing hundreds of Palestinians from Gaza who lost limbs during Israel’s assault and are ...

Researchers in Mexico have developed a robotic arm they say reduces the complexity that often leads patients to abandon ...

Shark attack survivor Lulu Gribbin and her surgeons shared her cutting-edge rehab, new VR phantom limb treatment and $100,000 ...

A little girl has what she calls a “robot arm,” thanks to 3D printing at the Plainfield Area Public Library. Four-year-old ...

Artificial limbs look and function more like real limbs than ever before—but that's only helpful if they are used as intended ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The primary obstacle in prosthetic integration is not mechanical but biological. When a limb is amputated, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. VR tests show autonomous prosthetic arms feel most “yours” when they move at human-like speed, about a 1-second reach. (CREDIT: ...

A virtual forearm can bend in a blink. It can also take its time, easing toward a target as if it is thinking about the move. In a new virtual reality study, both extremes felt wrong. When a ...

When AI powered prosthetic arms that move autonomously become widespread, understanding how people feel about them and accept them will be crucial. In this study, we used virtual reality to simulate a ...

In virtual reality, participants embodied an avatar whose left forearm was replaced by an autonomous prosthetic arm that flexed toward a target at different movement speeds. When AI powered prosthetic ...