Brain Implant Allows Paralyzed Woman to Control a Robot with Her Thoughts

Ian Sample
The Guardian
May 16, 2012

A woman who lost the use of her limbs after a devastating stroke nearly 15 years ago has taken a sip of coffee by guiding a robotic arm with her thoughts.

The 58-year-old used a brain implant to control the robot and bring a flask of the coffee to her lips, the first time she had picked up anything since she was paralysed and left unable to speak by a catastrophic brain stem stroke.

Doctors hailed the feat as the first demonstration of an implant that directly controls a reaching and gripping robotic arm by sensing and decoding the patient’s brain signals.

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This article was posted: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 2:09 pm

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