The loss of a limb following an injury, accident or disease can greatly reduce quality of life, making it harder for people to engage in daily activities. Yet recent technological advances have opened ...

Why? The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) sponsored research for this configurable bionic-arm prototype, which mimics the speed and dexterity of a natural limb.

A research team at Korea University has unveiled a prosthetic hand that can detach from a wearer’s wrist and crawl across surfaces to retrieve objects, marking a striking advance in modular assistive ...