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    July 15, 2020

    An amputee tests the leg at the University of Texas at Dallas. The free-swinging knee provides a more natural gait, while the regenerative braking system enables the leg to take twice the number of steps a user would typically need in a day, on a single charge. Image credit: Locomotor Control Systems Laboratory, University of Michigan