[AMP-L] Utah Bionic Leg: A Motorized Prosthetic [Video]

[Wayne Renardson]

via Robo Hub:

The Utah Bionic Leg is a motorized prosthetic for lower-limb amputees 
developed by University of Utah mechanical engineering associate 
professor Tommaso Lenzi and his students in the HGN Lab.   

Lenzi´s Utah Bionic Leg uses motors, processors, and advanced 
artificial intelligence that all work together to give amputees more 
power to walk, stand-up, sit-down, and ascend and descend stairs and 
ramps. The extra power from the prosthesis makes these activities 
easier and less stressful for amputees, who normally need to over-use 
their upper body and intact leg to compensate for the lack of 
assistance from their prescribed prosthetics. The Utah Bionic Leg 
will help people with amputations, particularly elderly individuals, 
to walk much longer and attain new levels of mobility.via Robo Hub:  

The rest of the story, with illustrations & video, here:

https://tinyurl.com/2jqdqr5z

Wayne R.