Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have showcased a new type of bionic leg that can be plugged directly into the patient's brain. The prosthetic is surgically connected to ...

Researchers have developed a new type of surgery that reconnects severed muscles in a patient's residual limb after a below-the-knee amputation, enabling amputees to walk more naturally than those who ...

NEW YORK -- A grassroots charity is working to raise money to help a 17-year-old amputee. The boy, orphaned in South Africa, was born with deformed legs that were amputated. He's now a teenager living ...

BEFORE HUGH Herr became a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), he was a promising rock climber. But after being trapped in a blizzard during a climb at age 17, he lost both ...

PORT RICHMOND, Staten Island (WABC) -- A grassroots charity is working to raise money to help a 17-year-old amputee. The boy, orphaned in South Africa, was born with deformed legs that were amputated.

MADISON, Ala. (WAFF) - Just a little over a year ago, a 25-year-old woman from Madison had to have her hands and legs amputated after contracting sepsis. When the community heard about her story, they ...

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The bionic suit that helps Pedro Lozano walk doesn’t turn him into the Six Million Dollar Man. But the Ekso robotic exoskeleton, which resembles a wearable robot, is aiding Lozano ...

For better or worse, war has provided the impetus for new medical technology. The latest wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have sent home many men and some women who suffered the loss of legs and arms.

MIT has taken a big step toward improving how we control robots, offering a solution that could solve accuracy and coordination issues with humanoid models.

Rex is a walking, talking, hearing robot stuffed with artificial internal organs and the latest in prosthetic technology. Built for a British television program--he's soon coming to America. Bionic ...

War veteran Clive Smith has taken his first steps on new bionic legs after life-changing surgery in Australia. Sign up for the top news stories every day to keep you informed with what's going on in ...

Watch the latest from ITV News - Asger has Cerebral Palsy and struggles to walk. The legs he's been loaned provide motorised ...