Solidworks World 2018 is a celebration of all things design. The show is a massive gathering of designers and engineers who use Solidworks to bring their ideas from the design board to life. If ...

Meet four CMU-affiliated startups that are translating academic research into tools that could improve health care for millions of Americans.

When AI-powered prosthetic arms that move autonomously become widespread, understanding how people feel about them and accept ...

Prosthetic hands have long struggled to replicate the dexterity and functionality of natural hands, often limiting users to a single grasp function at a time. This limitation has made everyday tasks, ...

A virtual forearm can bend in a blink. It can also take its time, easing toward a target as if it is thinking about the move.

Robotic prosthetic ankles that are controlled by nerve impulses allow amputees to move more "naturally," improving their stability, according to a new study from North Carolina State University and ...

A new robotic prosthetic leg prototype offers a more natural gait while also being quieter and more energy efficient than other designs. The key is the use of new small and powerful motors, originally ...

After teaching high school chemistry for 30 years, Steve Compton is piloting the first ever Design Engineering class at Westtown School, a private school in West Chester where high schoolers can pitch ...

A 2022 study published in the National Library of Medicine at the National Center for Biotechnology Information found that more than 44% of people with upper limb loss abandon their prostheses, citing ...

In the future, soft robotic hands with advanced sensors could help diagnose and care for patients or act as more lifelike prostheses. But one roadblock to encoding soft robotic hands with human-like ...

Researchers have developed a new algorithm that combines two processes for personalizing robotic prosthetic devices to both optimize the movement of the prosthetic limb and - for the first time - also ...