Bionic leg anticipates wearer’s movements for more natural motion

Vanderbilt University researchers have debuted a brand new prosthetic leg that promises a more natural walking experience. Built-in sensors monitor the wearer’s movement, data that’s sent to a microprocessor, so as anticipate motion. The knee and ankle joints, meanwhile, work in unison, considerably scaling down at the kind of lag that’s customary with more traditional prosthetic devices, a fact confirmed by tester Craig Hutto. The bionic limb, which took some seven years to develop, can increase the walking speed of its wearer by as much as 25 percent, because of its need for considerably less energy from the user than passive prosthetic limbs. Try a video of the leg in action on the source link below.

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