Think of it as one giant (biologically accurate) step for robot-kind. Scientists at the University of Arizona yesterday published research on the development of a two-legged robot designed to ...

In a new paper, researchers describe a new energy-harvesting technology that promises to dramatically reduce our dependence on batteries and instead capture the energy of human motion to power ...

A new study out of the Technical University of Munich sheds new light on the "double bounce" in the human gait. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to mechanical engineer Daniel Renjewski who led the study.

Wandercraft announced today that the FDA expanded the indications for its flagship Atalante X rehabilitation device.

Bio-inspired lower-limb 'wearing robotic exoskeleton' for human gait rehab Date: October 28, 2016 Source: American Institute of Physics (AIP) Summary: Stroke and spinal cord injury patients often ...

The country was in the grip of a polio epidemic in the 1950s when orthopedic surgeon Jacquelin Perry began performing spinal surgeries in Downey, Calif., that helped paralyzed survivors of the disease ...

Human-like features of the feet and gait existed almost two million years earlier than previously thought of, according to a new study. Many earlier studies have suggested that the characteristics of ...

A young chimpanzee sets out for a stroll in Tanzania's Mahale Mountains National Park. Konrad Wothe/Minden Pictures/Corbis When we humans strut our stuff, we do it by coordinating the movements of our ...

Radar technology is used to track vehicles, measure driving speeds, forecast weather changes and, now, to remotely monitor the severity and progression of Parkinson’s disease. Researchers from MIT and ...