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Less than a year after losing her left leg below the knee in the April 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, professional ballroom dancer Adrianne Haslet-Davis was performing the rumba again.
She was aided by a prototype of a bionic leg designed specifically for dancing by Hugh Herr—a double amputee himself—and his bio-mechatronics team at MIT Media Lab.
The biggest advantage of the robotic leg over the conventional prosthetic is its bendable, motorised ankle. The leg has a dozen sensors that react to changing speed, torque, and position by stiffening or relaxing the ankle joint.
“I’m more fearless than I was before, and I felt victorious before I even walked out on stage,” says Adrianne. She notes that by learning to dance with a bionic leg, she has also gained valuable perspective on her life.
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