Researchers unveiled a new soft prosthetic hand that combines the natural coordination patterns of our fingers with the decoding of motoneuron activity in the spinal column.

The human hand is an intricate system comprised of bones, muscles, tendons, ligaments, nerves, and blood vessels. When injury occurs—or congenital deformities, tumors, infections, or other medical ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have come up with a better prosthetic hand that uses a hybrid design to carefully grip various objects with just the right amount of pressure.

The vagus nerve is one of 13 nerves that leave the brain directly through special holes in the skull. From there it sprouts thickets of branches that reach almost everywhere in the head and trunk.

"The goal from the beginning has been to create a prosthetic hand that we model based on the human hand's physical and sensing capabilities—a more natural prosthetic that functions and feels like a ...

Forearm muscles control the hand and use machine learning to translate touch into nerve-like signals. In tests, it successfully grasped 15 objects, ranging from stuffed toys to metal bottles, with ...

The human hand isn't completely rigid or purely soft—it's a hybrid system, with bones, soft joints, and tissue working together. That's what we want our prosthetic hand to achieve.

When a person thinks of moving the hand, a microprocessor translates the nerve signals into motor commands. Several studies with able-bodied volunteers showcased the hand’s dexterity. Participants ...

A man may regain the use of his hand, left paralysed by a severe road accident, thanks to a pioneering nerve transfer operation from his partly amputated leg, doctors in northern Italy said.

Feeling is believing: Bionic hand 'knows' what it's touching, grasps like a human Date: March 5, 2025 Source: Johns Hopkins University Summary: Engineers have developed a pioneering prosthetic ...