The Biomechatronics Lab at Wilkes University is an innovative research facility focused on advancing the fields of biomechatronics, assistive technology and biologically inspired robotic systems. The ...

Research engineers and students in the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Biomechatronics Lab are designing artificial limbs to be more sensational, with the emphasis on sensation. With ...

During WWII, wounded warriors who underwent amputation were given a metal hook as a makeshift replacement. By the time the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts began, prosthetics were more sophisticated and ...

More gadget news from the Patent Office, this time via the brainiacs at New Scientist. This new bionic foot has been patented by researchers at the Biomechatronics Lab at MIT in Cambridge, US. The ...

"Individuals with movement disorders have a really difficult time walking. Sometimes they can’t even cross the street before the crosswalk indicator goes to zero,” said Zachary Lerner, an assistant ...

As the head of the MIT Media Lab Biomechatronics group, Hugh Herr is building the next generation of bionic limbs, including ones that will help end disability and also extend our physical potential.