Ultimately, Herr would like to deliver a «biohybrid»
prosthetic leg system in which the limb moves much like a human leg and can be controlled by the wearer's neurological system.
Not exact matches
In a paper published in IEEE Transactions on Neural
Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, the team reports that it has calculated the ideal torque that a
prosthetic knee should produce, given the mass of the
leg segments, in order to induce able - bodied kinematics, or normal walking.
However, the
prosthetic slips off when Pete lifts his
leg, so the team is currently working on a third design at the Fabrication Lab, which will employ some sort of
system to attach the
prosthetic securely to Pete's body, like a flight vest or a half - solid, half - soft boot.