Esper Bionics Is Creating Prostheses That Think Before They Act

Start-up Esper Bionics has designed a prosthetic hand that can anticipate a user’s actions, changing the game for amputees.

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Esper Bionics is hoping to improve the standard of prostheses available to patients by augmenting them with machine learning.

According to Esper’s founder and CEO, Dima Gazda, competitors in the prosthetics industry do not understanding patient needs. Prostheses are...

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