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Chip helps the paraplegic
British scientists have developed a chip that can help people with paralysis of their legs to move their stiff leg muscles.
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Goodbye wheelchair
When Hayden Allen suffered a spinal cord injury from a traffic accident, doctors said his legs would permanently paralyze.
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Developing knee motors helps to run faster
Scientists at the University of Tsukuba in Japan have developed a type of knee that can be inserted into the leg to help run faster and use less muscle power.
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Japanese robot wheelchair replacement
A Japanese researcher has succeeded in making robotic legs capable of climbing down stairs, opening up a new era in wheelchair mobility.
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Robot replaces the legs
A team of Japanese scientists is developing a bipedal robot that promises to replace human legs in mobility for the elderly as well as the disabled. The current version…
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The robot cat explores the planet
In the laboratories of the artificial intelligence research center (DFKI), scientists in Bremen, Germany, are working on the invention of a four-legged robot called the…
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Robot snail
The snail robot was designed to explore and demonstrate mathematical theories to explain the movement of snails as well as to study the ability of the snail to adhere to…
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The first molecule in the world goes on two legs
The scientists created a molecule that walked on its legs when it felt hot or when laced with the tip of a scanning microscope.