Weta Legs help you move around in style
Weta Workshop, the same folks behind props and production design of Lord of the Rings, Avatar, and District 9, have come up with such an appendage that lets you move around as though you were some sort of animal or insect. Known as the Weta Legs, these help you walk, run or jump without losing [...]
Proto-2 Humanoid Robot
Robots used to look cool and all, just look at robots like Robocop, Transformers and whatever. Now it seems the trend is to build robots that look creepy, rather than cool and robot-like. The folks by at Advanced Robotic Systems Laboratories (ARSL) are busy showing off their new Proto-2 robot, and it’s just as creepy [...]
SPARKy robotic ankle
Sparky Robotic Ankle from Kenneth Fagan on Vimeo. The six-million dollar man is starting to sound cheaper by the day (they forgot to take inflation into account), as more and more advancements are made in the world of bionics for humans. The latest among these would be SPARKy (Spring Ankle with Regenerative Kinetics), a robotic [...]
X2 microprocessor knee gets tested
The US Army is currently evaluating out a new knee prosthesis known as the X2 microprocessor knee, where it was specially developed in order to supply additional support while giving the lower leg a more natural walking gait. Patients who used the older C-leg had to suffer from knee and joint pain, but once they [...]