Robotics Promise More Natural Artificial Limbs
From: Product Design & Development - 11/08/2013
By: David Salisbury

Recent advances in robotics technology make it possible to create prosthetics
that can duplicate the natural movement of human legs. This capability
promises to dramatically improve the mobility of lower-limb amputees,
allowing them to negotiate stairs and slopes and uneven ground, significantly
reducing their risk of falling as well as reducing stress on the rest of
their bodies.

Red the entire article at:
http://www.pddnet.com/news/2013/11/robotics-promise-more-natural-artificial-limbs
http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2013/11/robotics-promise-more-natural-artificial-legs
http://www.ecnmag.com/news/2013/11/robotic-advances-promise-artificial-legs-emulate-healthy-limbs

Links:
Emulating Healthy Limbs 
http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2013/11/photos-day-emulating-healthy-limbs

Michael Goldfarb
http://engineering.vanderbilt.edu/bio/michael-goldfarb

Center for Intelligent Mechatronics
http://research.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/cim/

Realizing the Promise of Robotic Leg Prostheses
http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/5/210/210ps15

Related projects:
Advanced exoskeleton promises more independence for people with paraplegia
  (with video 3:50) 
http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2012/10/exoskeleton/

Bionic Breakthrough: See advances in this robotic hand (with video 3:55)
http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2013/06/vucast-bionic-hand/