A commercial robotic leg could potentially benefit both higher- and lower-mobility amputees, University of Michigan roboticists have shown for the first time. The leg provided the largest gains when ...

Thanks to a neural interface, people can move this bionic limb naturally—just by thinking about it. When someone loses part of a leg, a prosthetic can make it easier to get around. But most ...

WAPATO, Wash. - Like most children, Alicia Guerrero wanted to learn how to swim in order to better enjoy hot summer days. But learning to swim presented a challenge for the 10-year-old - she lost her ...

A robotic leg with motors that work like bike gears could let a wearer walk up stairs – which many people find impossible with unpowered prostheses. Most prostheses have no motors to actively assist ...

The day before undergoing surgery at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center to remove a tumor from his right thighbone, 6-year-old Mohammed Al Ali couldn't sit still. He swung his legs, ...

When Joseph Alvarado showed up to a mobility clinic at Rice University, the 15-year-old went in expecting to learn tips on how to maneuver with his prosthetic leg. What he didn’t expect was receiving ...

Paralympic track-and-field star and Lululemon ambassador Hunter Woodhall shares what his global travels are like wearing two prosthetic legs. For Travel + Leisure’s column Traveling As, we’re talking ...

The young alpaca lost his leg last year but hasn’t let it slow him down. Cowboy was fitted at Friday’s appointment for his second prosthetic leg. Derek Smith, his owner and Co-Owner of Fleecy Friends ...