MIT bionics leader Herr wins Spanish research prize

MIT bionics leader Herr wins Spanish research prize

CAMBRIDGE – Hugh Herr, a leading developer of bionic limbs, won a Spanish prize for medical research on Wednesday for his work improving the lives of people who have lost arms, hands, legs and feet.

Herr leads the Biomechatronic Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, where he developed "the most sophisticated ankle prostheses in the world," according to the jury that awarded the prize from the Princess of Asturias Foundation in Oviedo, Spain.

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