A researcher has recycled single-use plastic bottles into functioning artificial limb sockets that are a fraction of the cost of conventional prosthetic devices.

Researchers at the Athlone Institute of Technology have pooled their expertise in material science, additive manufacturing and injection molding to develop a high-volume process combining injection molding and 3D printing to produce pills adapted to individual patient profiles.

OnRobot (Odense, Denmark) has opened its first U.S. R&D-focused office in Los Angeles to develop end-of-arm-tooling for collaborative robots.