May 31, 2019 2:26 PM
New prosthetic foot to help tackle tough terrain
Stanford scientists have developed a more stable prosthetic foot which they say could make challenging terrain more manageable for people who have lost a lower leg.<br />''<br />''The new design has a kind of tripod foot that responds to rough terrain by actively shifting pressure between three different contact points.<br />''<br />''Steven Collins, an associate professor at Stanford University in the US, Prosthetic emulators allow them to try lots of different...