First Amputee Has Touch Restored With Bionic Hand


The researchers at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EFPL) in Switzerland and the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (SSSA) recently developed a completely new sensory feedback channel which...

New Robotic Arm With Touch Perception


HEALTHBEAT: Scientists wire man's arm to robotics in quest for artificial hand that can feel WASHINGTON (AP) — It's not quite the bionics of science fiction, but European researchers have created a...

Experiment adds sense of touch to artificial hand


HEALTHBEAT: Scientists add sense of touch to robotic hand, a step to more lifelike prosthetics WASHINGTON (AP) — To feel what you touch — that's the holy grail for artificial limbs. In a step toward...