The AI is pre-programmed to guide the hand into different postures, using pressure and proximity sensors Amputees then drive the AI, allowing them to more deftly control the bionic hand FRIDAY, Dec.

To get the signals from the brain to the bionic hand to tell it what to do and to give it a sense of touch, doctors transferred a muscle graft from the woman’s leg to her arm so the nerves could ...

The system's hybrid design is a first for robotic hands, which have typically been too rigid or too soft to replicate a human ...

The best way to improve amputees' control over a bionic hand is to give the hand a mind of its own, a new study argues. A bionic hand that's controlled by an artificial intelligence program, but under ...

CHAMPAIGN, IL — More than one and a half million people in the U.S. live with limb loss. The vast majority undergo amputation below the elbow. For one scientist, the quest to bring a lightning-fast ...

Scientists are getting closer to something that wouldn’t look out of place in a science fiction film: bionic limbs that can sense and convey touch to their users. In a new study published this week, ...

Fifty years ago, the TV series "The Six Million Dollar Man" hyped a futuristic world of life-changing bionics with the stirring phrase: "We can rebuild him, we have the technology." Cut to 2023, and ...

So many iconic characters in science fiction and comics have bionic limbs. From the Winter Soldier to Luke Skywalker and Imperator Furiosa. But what if bionic limbs existed outside of science fiction ...

The i-Limb hand relies on some of the most advanced control software yet seen in the prosthetics industry. Retired U.S. Army Sgt. Juan Arredondo shows his “i-Limb” to reporters at Hanger Prosthetics ...

From bionic limbs to sentient androids, robotic entities in science fiction blur the boundaries between biology and machine. Real-life robots are far behind in comparison. While we aren’t going to ...