Rehabilitation Robotics

News about Rehabilitation Robotics

A patient tests an open-source robotic leg on a treadmill.

U-M, Humotech partner to bring open-source bionic leg to research labs

December 16, 2021

The open-source, artificially intelligent prosthetic leg designed by researchers at the University of Michigan will be brought to the research market by Humotech.

A model of the powered exoskeleton on the hip, knee and ankle joints.

$1.7M to build everyday exoskeletons to assist with lifting, walking and climbing stairs

October 4, 2021

In an effort to bring robotic assistance to workers, the elderly and more, a University of Michigan team is developing a new type of powered exoskeleton for lower limbs.

An open source leg on a table with wires and tools.

Next steps of the Open Source Leg

October 13, 2020

A new paper on the Open Source Leg, an artificially-intelligent bionic prosthetic leg developed by University of Michigan researchers, was recently published in Nature Biomedical Engineering.

A brain interface pioneer.

Brain interface pioneers find meaningful signal in the grey matter noise

July 27, 2020

A new way to reduce the power requirements of neural interfaces while improving their accuracy.

A robotic prosthetic leg.

A more comfortable robotic prosthetic leg

July 15, 2020

A new robotic prosthetic leg prototype offers a more natural gait while also being quieter and more energy efficient than other designs.

A man using a prosthetic arm.

An ultra-precise mind-controlled prosthetic

March 9, 2020

A new way to control a prosthetic arm with the brain.

An open source leg.

Open-source bionic leg: First-of-its-kind platform aims to rapidly advance prosthetics

June 5, 2019

A new open-source, artificially intelligent prosthetic leg designed by researchers at the University of Michigan and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab is now available to the scientific community.

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