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Feel the beat: MIT’s brain-powered bionic leg lets amputees dance again
MIT researchers are working to make this technology more widely available, hoping to have a commercial version of the bionic leg within five years.
The signals from rejoined muscles assist the bionic leg in determining how the user desires to use the prosthetic foot (flex, point, rotate). The signals were then fed into a robotic controller, which determined the optimal ankle movement depending on variables such as bend angle, torque, and power supply. It is through collaborative efforts such as this that we are able to make transformational progress in patient care,” said Matthew Carty, a surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and associate professor at Harvard Medical School.
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