Research led by Massachusetts General Hospital, Brown University and the Department of Veterans Affairs allows a paralyzed woman to move a robotic arm with her mind!
Cathy Hutchinson has been unable to move her own arms or legs for 15 years. But using the most advanced brain-machine interface ever developed, she can steer a robotic arm towards a bottle, pick it up, and drink her morning coffee. The interface includes a sensor implanted in Cathy's brain, which 'reads' her thoughts, and a decoder, which turns her thoughts into instructions for the robotic arm. In this video, watch Cathy control the arm and hear from the team behind the pioneering study.
Learn more:
- Original research paper: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v485/n7398/full/nature11076.html
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