The Biomechatronics Lab at Wilkes University is an innovative research facility focused on advancing the fields of biomechatronics, assistive technology and biologically inspired robotic systems. The ...

MANHASSET, N.Y. — MIT professor and inventor Hugh Herr, who is pioneering a new class of “biohybrid” smart prosthetic devices, will draw on his life-altering personal experience in an ESC Boston ...

People with mobility problems often rely on a companion or walking aid like a crutch, to help them move from one location to another. However, there's a more advanced way to improve their quality of ...

As the head of the MIT Media Lab Biomechatronics group, Hugh Herr is building the next generation of bionic limbs, including ones that will help end disability and also extend our physical potential.

Exoskeleton devices work, researchers say, for a variety of uses such as speeding up our walking or making running easier. Yet they don’t know what exactly makes exoskeletons effective. What is the ...

Ivan Lopez demonstrates how the AI robotic exoskeleton can assist with walking up stairs at the Biomechatronics and Intelligent Robotics Lab at N.C. State in Raleigh on Monday, July 1, 2024. Heather ...

Hugh Herr, double-amputee and head of MIT's biomechatronics group, isn't satisfied with simply replacing the lower legs he lost to frostbite in 1982. Even as his PowerFoot robotic ankle and foot ...

Humanity is on the threshold of the Bionic Age. But are we ready for it? From augmented humans to cyborg botany, #TECH24 takes you on a tour of what it means to live in a bionic era. Professor Hugh ...