A space tech spin-off from the Indian Space Research Organisation is expected to help above-knee amputees to walk with a comfortable gait. The microprocessor-controlled knees being developed by the space agency offer ''extended capabilities for the amputee than those offered by the passive limbs that do not use microprocessors,'' the ISRO said on Friday. The 'smart' MPKs are being developed …
An intelligent artificial limb - developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation - is expected to be commercialised soon. The artificial limb is likely to be about 10 times cheaper than available options, and it would help "above-knee amputees to walk with a comfortable gait,” the space agency said in a statement on Friday. Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, ISRO, has …
