Study author Professor Hugh Herr, himself an amputee, says: 'This is the first prosthetic study in history that shows a leg prosthesis under full neural modulation, where a biomimetic gait emerges.' ...

Hugh Herr has a long history of pushing the limits of human physical ability. As a child in rural Pennsylvania, Herr dreamed of becoming the world's best climber. By the age of 15, he was scaling ...

where a biomimetic gait emerges," said coauthor and MIT Center for Bionics co-director Hugh Herr — who is a double amputee himself — in a statement. "No one has been able to show this level of ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Dr. Hugh Herr, head of the Biomechatronics research group at the MIT Media Lab, gave us a demonstration of bionic legs at Ignition 2013. A double amputee himself ...

“This could lead to a minimally invasive strategy that would change the game in terms of clinical care for persons suffering from limb pathology,” Hugh Herr says, pictured on left next to ...

The personal journey of Hugh Herr a double amputee and MIT scientist who creates braincontrolled robotic limbs At 17 Hugh survived a neardeath experience while climbing Mount Washington Stunned by ...