Nature communications
The SoftFoot Pro: an anthropomorphic and adaptive soft articulated prosthetic foot.
Anna Pace, Hristo Dimitrov, Eike Jakubowitz, Cristina Piazza, Giorgio Grioli, Lukas Proksch, Oskar C Aszmann, Dario Farina, Antonio Bicchi, Manuel G Catalano
Published: 202610.1038/s41467-025-68194-2
Abstract
The flat, stiff sole of energy-storage-and-return prosthetic feet hinders adaptation to irregular terrains. This is among the causes both of high falling risk and of the consequential arising compensatory mechanisms in prosthetic users. To overcome t…
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