Support VTDigger’s local nonprofit news and you could win a $250 gift card to Johnson Woolen Mills. Kiel Alarcon tries out his motorized leg brace in his Windsor apartment in October. He began ...

A commercial robotic leg could potentially benefit both higher- and lower-mobility amputees, University of Michigan roboticists have shown for the first time. The leg provided the largest gains when ...

Recent advances in robotics technology make it possible to create prosthetics that can duplicate the natural movement of human legs. This capability promises to dramatically improve the mobility of ...

From the outside, this pair of robotic legs by a team of United States-based researchers may look like part of an experiment to see how lifelike scientists can make robots seem. But a key component ...

2025 is the year of the exoskeletons. They have been around for a while, and not just in sci-fi novels and movies. I tried Enhanced Robotics’ Sportsmate 5 back in 2022, and even though it was an ...

A new robotic prosthetic leg prototype offers a more natural gait while also being quieter and more energy efficient than other designs. A new robotic prosthetic leg prototype offers a more natural ...