KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Since beginning his journey up the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine in March, Scott Rogers, the amputee hiker with a bionic leg, covered 1,865 miles through heat and cold and ...
WASHBURN, Tenn. (AP) - Scott Rogers, whose daily journey begins with a single step on a bionic leg, is preparing for a hike up the 2,168-mile Appalachian Trail. "I have been told I can't do it, that I ...
A robotic leg that can be fully controlled by the brain and spinal cord has enabled seven people who had lost a lower leg to walk roughly as fast as people without amputations. The bionic limb uses a ...
Amy Pietrafitta has learned to walk seven times. First was as a child and then after an industrial burn led to the amputation of her left leg in 2018. Since then, she’s had “first steps” in prosthetic ...