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SALT LAKE CITY, UT (KSTU) — The Bionic Engineering Lab at the University of Utah is working with a prototype bionic leg that they hope improve the lives of amputees around the world. Kerry Finn is one ...

For prosthetic legs to really allow amputees to regain their freedom of movement, they’ll need to be lightweight, mimic the natural mechanics of a human leg, and be self-powered and therefore ...

Thanks to major advances in artificial intelligence and robotics, scientists and manufacturers can now offer wearers of bionic limbs devices that redefine what it means to use a prosthesis. A couple ...

A hiker with a battery-powered, bionic leg has set out to become the first amputee to walk the entire Appalachian Trail, a 2,168-mile trek from Georgia to Maine. “I am on my way,” Scott Rogers said by ...

Just a little over a year ago, a 25-year-old woman from Madison had to have her hands and legs amputated after contracting ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The Bionic Engineering Lab at the University of Utah is working with a prototype bionic leg and they hope it will improve the lives of amputees around the world. Kerry Finn is one of ...