How did human bipedalism evolve towards greater energy efficiency? By analyzing the occasional bipedal walking of baboons, ...

Abstract: Research in bipedal robotics aims to design machines with the speed, stability, agility, and energetic efficiency of a human. While no machine built today realizes the union of these ...

We introduce a novel hopping robot, designed as a single leg from a bipedal humanoid. It demonstrates dynamic hopping and ...

The Amazon Astro (and its doomed Business version) putters around with a smile, but the bipedal Digit has the size and shape of a human—and it walks. Digit started with basic warehouse tasks at ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Saher Qahwaji came to America on a visa for a prosthetic leg. Kicking around a matching red soccer ball—another gift from Louisville Prosthetics—Saher learns quickly how to ...

It’s a special moment when a baby learns how to go from crawling on all fours to walking on two legs, especially considering how rare this transition is in the animal kingdom. Only a few other ...

Children who are born with or develop differences in the length of their arms or legs can benefit from a range of treatments. These may be as simple as using adaptive footwear or as sophisticated as ...

Many young people have little pain but are self-conscious about the appearance of their legs and do not even realize the danger that lies ahead for many of them. In middle aged people, bowlegs are ...

To reduce the risk for complications, the use of dopaminergic agonists in the treatment of severe restless legs syndrome (RLS) has become less common. RLS is characterized by an irresistible urge ...

Wet Leg has an emergency: the band is in love. The band are sounding the alarm on new single “CPR,” a dark and twisted attempt at a love song. “Is it love or suicide?” lead singer Rhian ...

The same goes for preparing for leg day at the gym. Dynamic stretching, in which you move your muscles and joints through their full range of motion, helps your body prepare for the work ahead.