Researchers developed a way to help people with amputation or paralysis regain limb control. Their optogenetic technique could offer more precise control over muscle contraction, along with a dramatic ...

Researchers have developed an intelligent artificial muscle that mimics biological muscle–tendon systems. The team ...

In the last few decades, individuals with mobility issues have seen a flurry of advancements in neuroprosthetic devices, artificial systems that seek to replace a particular sensation or lost ability.

For people with paralysis or amputation, neuroprosthetic systems that artificially stimulate muscle contraction with electrical current can help them regain limb function. However, despite many years ...

Patients with spinal cord injuries are cut off from the world. The communication network between the brain and body is severed, paralyzing the limbs and causing internal organs to lose function. They ...

Robotic muscles contracting from light pulses and cube-shaped 3D screens may emerge from tiny molecular machines linked into multifunctional 3D structures. (Nanowerk News) Robotic muscles that ...