Sentences with phrase «robotic prosthesis»

Oak Ridge National Laboratory's robotic prosthesis looks like something out of medieval times — a hand clad in chain mail more appropriate for wielding a broadsword than a mug of coffee.

Therefore, replacing a lost limb with a robotic prosthesis is the subject of much research, yet successful outcomes are rare.

Another translational issue that must be resolved before robotic prostheses can become viable products is the need to provide additional training for the clinicians who prescribe prostheses.

In the article, Goldfarb and graduate students Brian Lawson and Amanda Shultz describe the technological advances that have made robotic prostheses viable.

Harrison, who is known for her bulbously weird sculptures made from Styrofoam and cement, all studded with bits of human detritus, has a new show at Regen that employs both the concept of the selfie (the framing of oneself, hence the title of the show) and the sticks (her alien forms bear selfie sticks as if they were some robotic prostheses).

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So the development of a system that integrates the movement of the prosthesis with the movement of the user is «substantially more important with a robotic leg,» according to the authors.

Because the new devices are substantially more complex than standard prostheses, the clinicians will need additional training in robotics, the authors point out.

When patients are fitted with a robotic prosthetic limb, they gain control over their prosthesis with the help of a communication pathway provided by a brain - computer interface, or BCI, implanted in the brain.

In early 2011 his company, iWalk — headquartered near the MIT campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts — will release the PowerFoot One, the world's first robotic ankle - foot prosthesis, to the general public.

They could then use the rerouted nerve signals to control a robotic limb, allowing a person to control their prosthesis with the same nerves they originally used to control their real limb.

Powered by a rechargeable battery, the robotic ankle propels users forward using sensors and tendonlike springs, relieving the hip of having to draw the leg forward as most prostheses require.