This prosthesis is made for walking
cnet news.com
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab say they’ve developed the first powered foot-and-ankle prosthesis.
Unlike traditional prostheses, the device varies in stiffness, which allows wearers to handle irregular terrain with a more natural, humanlike gait….
Because walking with conventional prostheses is harder work, amputees tend to walk 30 to 40 percent more slowly than able-bodied people, according to the team. And the abnormal gait caused by an older prosthesis can lead to injury in the hip, knee and ankle of an amputee’s unaffected leg.
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