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The World’s First Powered Ankle

May 12th, 2007 at 16:13

Technology Review: The World’s First Powered Ankle has an article on a new prosthetic ankle that functions in such a way as to add energy to walking, helping to reduce the effort required to use the prosthesis.

See also: MIT’s Robo Sapiens page and Greenflame » Robot avatars and other such things.

Posted by stepheng, in Cyborg, Science & Technology

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