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Foreword

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 April 2005

P. Kyberd ,
R. H. Chappell  and
D. Gow
P. Kyberd
Affiliation:
Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of New Brunswick, P.O. Box 4400, Fredericton NB (Canada) E3B 5A3.
R. H. Chappell
Affiliation:
Medical Engineering, University of Southampton, Southampton (UK).
D. Gow
Affiliation:
Rehabilitation Engineering Services, Eastern General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland (UK).
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Extract

Prosthetics presents a challenge for engineers, they must balance user needs with practicalities. In the past the compromises made have been towards simpler devices. Recently this has begun to change, new microprocessors, powerful motors and novel batteries make it possible to conceive of different solutions. These papers give an overview of what is now possible.

Type
Research Article
Information
Robotica , Volume 23 , Issue 3 , May 2005 , pp. 273 - 274
Copyright
© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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