Featured·July 18, 2013·4 min readMovement Without Muscles Study Could Inspire Robot and Prosthetic Limb DevelopmentsResearchers show insect limbs can move without muscles. The finding could provide engineers to find additional ways to improve the control of robotic and prosthetic limbs.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·September 28, 2015·4 min readTuning on the Move: New Technology Refines Movement of Powered Prosthetics AutomaticallyResearchers have developed new software that allows powered prosthetics to automatically tune themselves, making the limbs more functionally useful.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·February 16, 2016·5 min readMind Controlled Prosthetic Arm Moves Individual FingersResearchers report a patient has been able to use a mind-controlled prosthesis to move individual digits without extensive training.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 1, 2018·5 min readArtificial Nerve System Gives Prosthetic Devices and Robots a Sense of TouchResearchers have created an artificial nervous system that may give prosthetics and robots reflexes and the ability to sense touch. The system is sensitive enough to identify letters in the Braille alphabet.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 13, 2018·5 min readAmputees Feel as Though Their Prosthetic Limb Belongs to Their Own BodyA new study reports amputees often feel as though their prosthetic limb is part of their body.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 27, 2019·4 min readCould prosthetic limbs one day be controlled by human thought?Having identified a new, simpler way to study neural activity, researchers believe they are on track to creating a compact, low power and potentially wireless brain sensor that could make thought-controlled prosthetic limbs ubiquitous.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·June 29, 2019·4 min read3D printed prosthetic hand can guess how you play Rock, Paper, ScissorsA 3D printed hand which uses a computer interface to learn can replicate hand movements.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·February 15, 2021·6 min readNew Surgery May Enable Better Control of Prosthetic LimbsReconnecting muscle pairs during surgery following amputation provides patients more sensory feedback from the limb, researchers report.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·August 22, 2021·6 min readMagnets Could Offer Better Control of Prosthetic LimbsUsing magnetic beads implanted into muscle tissue within the amputated residuum of animals, researchers have created a more precise way to control prosthetic limbs.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·February 7, 2022·5 min readHybrid Machine-Learning Approach Gives a Hand to Prosthetic-Limb Gesture AccuracyResearchers have developed a novel hybrid machine learning approach to muscle gesture recognition in prosthetic arms.Read More