Annika Emmert knew she was about to get a new prosthetic arm. She did not know her fancy new 3D-printed appendage would reflect her love of marine life and be presented to her by an actor from her ...

University of Science and Technology of China has made a fascinating development in robotics, with the octopus-inspired robotic arm led by Nikolaos Freris. It combines the dexterity of a human hand ...

Pacific Ridge School junior Isabella Balikian was raised in a household of health care workers and knew from an early age that she wanted to make a difference through science and medicine. For the ...

It is projected that there are more than 57 million amputees worldwide and only about 5 percent of them have access to prosthetic care and technology. Those that do have access to prostheses are often ...

When Eric first saw the prosthetic arm that two RIT engineering students designed, he was nervous about touching it, let alone wearing it. Family and friends from his village in Rwamagana, in eastern ...

[Jochen Alt] is on a roll. We just covered his ball-balancing robot, Paul, only to find his phenomenal six-DOF robot arm in full retro style. Its name is “Walter” and it’s done up in DDR style (the ...