Robo-dad reporting for duty. An ex-Marine and father of one who lost an arm in Afghanistan got his power back — and then some — after receiving a custom-made, superhero-like prosthetic replacement ...

Lexy was a producer and on-air presenter who covered consumer tech, including the latest smartphones, wearables and emerging trends like assistive robotics. She won two Gold Telly Awards for her video ...

MiniTouch lets existing prosthetic hands relay a sense of temperature By Ben Coxworth February 12, 2024 Utilizing his existing prosthetic hand – which had been augmented with the MiniTouch system – a ...

Prosthetic hands have long struggled to replicate the dexterity and functionality of natural hands, often limiting users to a single grasp function at a time. This limitation has made everyday tasks, ...

A robotic arm that moves too quickly can feel creepy. One that moves too slowly feels awkward and unhelpful. In a VR study, researchers found that AI-powered prosthetic arms were best accepted when ...

As amazing as the human body is, it’s unfortunately not as amazing as e.g. axolotl bodies are, in the sense that they can regrow entire limbs and more. This has left us humans with the necessity to ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece discusses advances in prosthetic sensory feedback. In 1999, I defined regenerative medicine as the ...

A new study published in Science Advances suggests that vibrating small magnets implanted inside the muscles of an amputated ...