21 papers · ranked by Valyu relevance
Kavit R. Amin, James E. Fildes
Twenty years have surpassed since the first vascularised composite allotransplantation (VCA) of the upper limb. This is an opportunity to reflect on the position of VCA as the gold standard in limb reconstruction. The paucity of recipients, tentative clinical outcomes, and insufficient scientific progress question…
Bertolt Meyer, Frank Asbrock
According to the Stereotype Content Model that construes attributions of warmth and competence as the core dimensions of stereotypes, people with physical disabilities are generally perceived as warm-but-incompetent, i.e., are faced with paternalistic stereotypes. We argue that the increasing proliferation of bionic…
Kwesi Afari Darfoor, Patrick M. Pilarski, Bailey Kacsmar
The human body is at the center of a growing family of technologies designed to tightly and persistently couple biological and digital systems. Robotic prostheses are a representative example of this tight coupling. Also referred to as bionic limbs, robotic prostheses are devices that support people who have lost limbs…
Laurent Frossard, Silvia Conforto, Oskar C. Aszmann
[Raschke (2022)]() wrote an introductory review that provided critical insights into the historical developments of the prosthetic technology and practices within the greater context of successive industrial revolutions (Industry 1.0 to Industry 4.0). Raschke shared her astute perspective on the expected benefits of…
Ozan Karaali, Hossam Farag, Strahinja Došen, Čedomir Stefanović
—Despite the recent advancements in human-machine interfacing, contemporary assistive bionic limbs face critical challenges, including limited computational capabilities, high latency, and unintuitive control mechanisms, leading to suboptimal user experience and abandonment rates. Addressing these challenges requires a…
Elliott J. Rouse, Nathan C. Villagaray-Carski, Robert W. Emerson, Hugh M. Herr + 1 more
'Hugh M. Herr' 'Lei Ren'] Traditionally, prosthetic leg research has focused on improving mobility for activities of daily living. Artistic expression such as dance, however, is not a common research topic and consequently prosthetic technology for dance has been severely limited for the disabled. This work focuses on…
Mark Brinton, Elliott Barcikowski, Tyler Davis, Michael Paskett + 2 more
This paper describes a portable, prosthetic control system for at-home use of an advanced bionic arm. The system uses a modified Kalman filter to provide 6 degree-of-freedom, real-time, proportional control. We describe (a) how the system trains motor control algorithms for use with an advanced bionic arm, and (b) the…
Milazzo, Giuseppe, Grioli, Giorgio + 4 more
— Current upper limb prostheses aim to enhance user independence in daily activities by incorporating basic motor functions. However, they fall short of replicating the natural movement and interaction capabilities of the human arm. In contrast, human limbs leverage intrinsic compliance and actively modulate joint…
Hunter R. Schone, Malcolm Udeozor, Mae Moninghoff, Beth Rispoli + 5 more
A longstanding engineering ambition has been to design anthropomorphic bionic limbs: devices that look like and are controlled in the same way as the biological body (biomimetic). The untested assumption is that biomimetic motor control enhances device embodiment, learning, generalization, and automaticity. To test…
Marwa ElDiwiny
Marwa ElDiwiny: I would like to go back to when I think you started your career, and it is very inspirational. I am curious about when you started at age 17 years, what kind of rebirth happened to you to start thinking about new bodies? Hugh Herr: When I was 17 years, I was in a mountain climbing accident and I…
Sachi Bansal, Gracia V. Lai, Marcus Belingheri, Amber Q. Kashay + 9 more
In cases of severe damage to the extremities, the function and structure of compromised biological tissues must be replaced. If biological reconstruction using autologous tissue is not feasible, amputation and replacement with a synthetic prosthesis is often the next best option. Currently, the synthetic materials…
D Berg, L Frossard
The emergence of skeletal prosthetic attachments leaves governmental organizations facing the challenge of implementing equitable policies that support the provision of bone-anchored prostheses (BAPs). In 2013, the Queensland Artificial Limb Service (QALS) started a five-year research project focusing on health service…
Alessia Silvia Ivani, Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Matteo Bianchi + 2 more
'Matteo Bianchi' 'Yon Visell' 'Antonio Bicchi'] Abstract— Our research investigates vibrotactile perception in four prosthetic hands with distinct kinematics and mechanical characteristics. We found that rigid and simple socket-based prosthetic devices can transmit tactile information and surprisingly enable users to…
Danilo De Rossi, Michael Pieroni
“After he was healed and had made himself a foot of wood, he declared himself an open enemy of the Lacedaemonians…”[fn1] “This machine, whose 33-foot wingspan was covered in raw silk, may be powered by human muscles. Indeed, the pilot turning the crankshaft with his hands and feet make the wings flap and the machine…
Patrick T. Hall, Samantha Z. Bratcher, Caleb Stubbs, Rebecca E. Rifkin + 6 more
Previous prostheses for replacing a missing limb following amputation must be worn externally on the body. This limits the extent to which prostheses could physically interface with biological tissues, such as muscles, to enhance functional recovery. The objectives of our study were to (1) test the feasibility of…
Giuseppe Milazzo, Simon Lemerle, Giorgio Grioli, Antonio Bicchi + 1 more
'Manuel G. Catalano'] Abstract—Intuitively, prostheses with user-controllable stiffness could mimic the intrinsic behavior of the human musculoskeletal system, promoting safe and natural interactions and task adaptability in real-world scenarios. However, prosthetic design often disregards compliance because of the…
Kumar J. Jyothish, Subhankar Mishra
The field of robotics is a quickly evolving feat of technology that accepts contributions from various genres of science. Neuroscience, Physiology, Chemistry, Material science, Computer science, and the wide umbrella of mechatronics have all simultaneously contributed to many innovations in the prosthetic applications…
Cara G. Welker, Vincent L. Chiu, Alexandra S. Voloshina, Steven H. Collins + 1 more
We aimed to develop a system for people with amputation that non-invasively restores missing control and sensory information for an ankle-foot prosthesis. Methods: In our approach, a wrist exoskeleton allows people with amputation to control and receive feedback from their prosthetic ankle via teleoperation. We…
Fahad Moazzam Dar, Umer Asgher, Daniyal Malik, Emmad Adil + 2 more
— The issues of "research required in the field of bio-medical engineering" and "externally-powered prostheses" are attracting attention of regulatory bodies and the common people in various parts of the globe. Today, 90% of prostheses used are conventional body-powered cablecontrolled ones which are very uncomfortable…
Daniel Wangpraseurt, Shangting You, Farooq Azam, Gianni Jacucci + 9 more
Symbiotic corals have evolved as a highly optimised photon augmentation system leading to space-efficient microalgal growth and photosynthetic quantum efficiencies that approach theoretical limits^1–3^. Corals are characterized by an elastic animal tissue hosting microalgae and a light scattering calcium carbonate…
Ritambhara Dash, Abhay Kumar Rajak, Ramagiri Praveen Kumar, Parameshwar Kommu + 3 more
Bio ceramics have enormous applications in the medical field as being used as implants. The base material in bioceramics is mostly calcium phosphate which comes in the form of hydroxyapatite (HAp) or Beta-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP). The other materials are silica and alumina. The different blends of these bioceramics…