Prosthetics / Orthotic Systems

End the first day of the Robotics Summit with the RBR50 Gala, which offers a chance to connect with the world’s leading robotics innovators.

PSYONIC offers the Ability Hand, which has integrated sensors that detect pressure when the user grips an object.

A new surgical procedure gives people more neural feedback from their residual limb. With it, seven patients walked more naturally and navigated obstacles.

Researchers developed a sensor system that detects residual movement of an arm and calibrates the appropriate pressurization of the balloon actuator to move the person’s arm smoothly and naturally.

BARMER announced it will accept a ruling from state courts that made exoskeletons considered as direct disability compensation. 

The brain-computer interface market is all-encompassing, but a major promise is connecting robotic parts to compensate for human frailties.

Ascend is intended to help those with knee pain perform everyday tasks, like walking, going up stairs or standing up.

A computer model relates a finger’s desired position to the corresponding pressure a pump would have to apply to achieve that position. Using this model, the team developed a controller that directs the pneumatic system to inflate the fingers.

The Smart ArM project, in which researchers developed specialized prosthetic arms, was among the teams participating in the Cybathlon 2020 competition that used maxon motors.

Mirmex Motor said its AI-developed electric motors and flexible circuits can make it easier to design and manufacture devices such as prosthetics and surgical robots.

Among the tradeoffs in designing robotic prosthetics is the one between cost and function. Unlimited Tomorrow uses innovative production methods and maxon drives to help children gain function.

This week, The Robot Report Podcast talks about construction robotics with Dusty Robotics’ Tessa Lau, learns about prosthetics operating systems from Coapt’s Blair Lock and user Bert Swift, and reviews the latest news.

Industrial Robot’s Joanne Pransky interviews Hugh Herr, head of the Biomechatronics Research Group and Center for Extreme Bionics at MIT.

Myomo, which makes wearable robots offering increased functionality for people with neurological disorders or upper-limb paralysis, said Medicare authorization is an important step toward reimbursements.

The second annual Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum is seeking expert speakers to share their insights and experiences around developing assistive, medical, and surgical systems.

As global demand for robotic rehabilitation and assistive technologies grows, developers must be aware of emerging applications. Transparency Market Research offers examples of areas of interest.

Coapt has announced Gen2 of its Complete Control System, which uses AI and machine learning to better control prosthetic arms.

The Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum, which is produced by WTWH Media and The Robot Report, is looking for speakers to share their expertise on the design, development, and manufacture of commercial healthcare robotics systems.

Researchers at in Houston, Boulder, and Nanjing, China, have developed a soft nanomembrane that could help people with wearable devices operate them more smoothly.

Biomedical engineers are helping develop a prosthetic arm for amputees that can move with the person’s thoughts and feel the sensation of touch via an array of electrodes implanted in the muscles of the patient.

New MIT system of contracting fibers could be a boon for biomedical devices and robotics.

Using surface electromyograms, or human muscle signals, researchers at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology were able to get a robot to trap a ball like a soccer player. KIST’s team did this without numerical calculation or programming.