New Prospects for Prosthetics

March 31, 2009

Over the last few decades, we have seen robots created with astonishing capabilities—a humanoid robot that can walk up and down stairs, a robot that can rove on Mars, collect samples, and send images back to Earth, and robots that are used to help perform surgery. With all the amazing robotic technology that surrounds us, one might wonder why prosthetic limbs (used to replace human arms and legs) aren’t more like the real thing. (Northwestern University)