Researchers have built a prosthetic hand that, with the help of artificial intelligence, can act a lot more like a natural one. The key is to have the hand recognize when the user wants to do ...

Above-elbow and hand prosthetics represent remarkable achievements in rehabilitative technology, offering individuals comprehensive solutions to challenges of limb loss.

To think about an artificial limb is to think about a person. It's an object of touch and motion made to be used, one that attaches to the body and interacts with its user's world. Subscribe to our ...

The team explained that one problem is that most commercial bionic arms and hands have no way of replicating the sense of touch that normally gives people intuitive, reflexive ways of grasping objects ...

Sensors and artificial intelligence help a prosthetic hand act more like a natural one, new research shows. Amputees often feel disconnected from their bionic hands. AI could bridge the gap ...

(THE CONVERSATION) To think about an artificial limb is to think about a person. It’s an object of touch and motion made to be used, one that attaches to the body and interacts with its user’s world.