Ekso Bionics — a San Rafael, California-based company that makes exoskeleton bionic devices — on Monday acquired Parker Hannifin’s business unit for human motion and control for $10 million. Parker is ...

Thanks to major advances in artificial intelligence and robotics, scientists and manufacturers can now offer wearers of bionic limbs devices that redefine what it means to use a prosthesis. A couple ...

Bionic arms are beginning to tap into nerve signals that linger long after a limb is gone, turning the ghost of movement into real, controllable action. Instead of relying on crude muscle twitches or ...

At Britain's University of Portsmouth, stroke sufferers have new hope thanks to bionic leg attachments that are helping them walk again. During a 10-week study program, dozens of people who ...

A group of researchers from Wiyu University in China debuted a new device that centers on multiple touches or pokes on different surfaces to create a 3D render of its surface and subsurface. This is ...

Ekso Bionics partners with Bionic P&O to distribute the Ekso Indego Personal exoskeleton for individuals with spinal cord injuries. Partnership with Bionic P&O is non-exclusive, potentially limiting ...

Artificial muscles and nerves made from the shape memory alloy nickel-titanium are making robot arms as supple and agile as their animal counterparts. But these artificial limbs also weigh less, will ...

Open-source bionic prosthetics emerge as a highly successful business model hinging on affordability, finds Frost & Sullivan's TechVision team SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 9, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The ...

Sliman Bensmaia, a trailblazing neuroscientist working on brain computer interfaces allowing amputees and paralyzed patients to control prosthetic and robotic limbs while simultaneously feeling the ...

Losing an arm cuts more than muscle and bone. It also severs the easy, wordless link between what you want to do and what ...