Artificial foot recycles energy for easier walking
From: Michigan Today - 03/2010
By: Nicole Casal Moore

U-M professor Art Kuo has developed a prototype of an artificial foot that
recycles energy otherwise wasted in between steps, making it easier for
amputees to walk. 

Read the entire article at:
http://michigantoday.umich.edu/2010/03/story.php?id=7641&tr=y&auid=6048221
http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/artificial-foot-recycles-energy-easier-walking.html
http://www.bme.umich.edu/about/faculty_news.php?query=108
http://www.ns.umich.edu/htdocs/releases/story.php?id=7531

Links:
Arthur D. Kuo
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~artkuo/
https://me-web2.engin.umich.edu/pub/directory/bio?uniqname=artkuo

Human Biomechanics and Control Laboratory
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~artkuo/Lab/

Recycling Energy to Restore Impaired Ankle Function during Human Walking
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0009307

Energy Recycling with the Artificial Foot (video)
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~shc/ER_Foot/ER_Foot_high-speed_Video.htm