Research engineers and students in the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Biomechatronics Lab are designing artificial limbs to be more sensational, with the emphasis on sensation. With ...

"If I did not have a handsome face and two arms ... you would probably not be as inclined to interact with me," Brian the robot tells visitors to Professor Goldie Nejat's autonomous systems and ...

The Biomechatronics Lab at Wilkes University is an innovative research facility focused on advancing the fields of biomechatronics, assistive technology and biologically inspired robotic systems. The ...

Uncomfortable shoes. Awkward crutches. Painful artificial limbs. When technology meets biology, the interface is rarely flawless—and the devices often hinder the bodies they are supposed to help. Hugh ...

As the head of the MIT Media Lab Biomechatronics group, Hugh Herr is building the next generation of bionic limbs, including ones that will help end disability and also extend our physical potential.

"Individuals with movement disorders have a really difficult time walking. Sometimes they can’t even cross the street before the crosswalk indicator goes to zero,” said Zachary Lerner, an assistant ...

During WWII, wounded warriors who underwent amputation were given a metal hook as a makeshift replacement. By the time the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts began, prosthetics were more sophisticated and ...