Engineers from MIT and Shanghai Jiao Tong University have developed a prosthetic hand that precisely inflates individual fingers to take hold of objects, while also providing the user with tactile ...

MIT has created a soft, inflatable robotic hand that it hopes will give amputees back the tactile control that's lost with a traditional prosthetic device. Engineers on the project aim to help more ...

Prostheses are having a renaissance. Amputees with $10,000 or more can strap on a mechanical hand that they can actually control with their thoughts, much like they’re using a biological hand. But the ...

The inflatable prosthetic limb is designed to provide the same flexibility, durability and control as a traditional one – but at a fraction of the cost and weight. Engineers at MIT have developed a ...

Now MIT engineers have developed a simple, low-cost, passive prosthetic foot that they can tailor to an individual. Given a user's body weight and size, the researchers can tune the shape and ...

Sacramento teens engineered a prosthetic arm and grabbed the interest of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Zuriel Joven, 14, and Luke Torre, 15, are freshmen at West Campus High School. The ...

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 new surgical technique devised by MIT researchers could allow prosthetic limbs to work much more like natural limbs. With the help of muscle grafts and feedback from existing nerves, amputees would ...

A new brain-controlled bionic limb has the ability to help people with leg amputations more easily navigate obstacles and walk more quickly, a new study published in the journal Nature Medicine shows.

Bionic limbs that can be controlled by the wearer's natural electrical signals have been around for a while, but prosthetics that send information the other direction—transmitting sensations to the ...

Engineers from MIT have developed a streamlined prosthetic foot that lets wearers walk with a fluid motion, and can be manufactured at a low cost. According to the Massachusetts Institute of ...