A robotic leg with an enormous toe and motors that may “change gear” like a bicycle can allow a wearer to stroll up stairs and slopes
Technology
23 November 2022
The Utah Bionic Leg makes use of mechanical levers to allow folks to go up stairs HGN Lab for Bionic Engineering on the University of Utah
A robotic leg with motors that work like bike gears might let a wearer stroll up stairs – which many individuals discover not possible with unpowered prostheses.
Most prostheses don’t have any motors to actively help strolling, however as an alternative are both passive or assist solely by altering the resistance of a joint’s swing, managed by a low-power microchip. The few actively powered prostheses in the marketplace are comparatively heavy and hulking, with brief battery lives, and have achieved restricted success. …