Mind-controlled exoskeleton lifts paralysed man back to his feet
A French patient paralysed after a fall was brought to his feet by a unique exoskeleton controlled by the power of thought through implanted brain sensors.
A French patient paralysed after a fall was brought to his feet by a unique exoskeleton controlled by the power of thought through implanted brain sensors.
A unique exoskeleton controlled by brain power has brought to his feet a French patient who was paralysed after a fall. Mastering the system required several months of training (the patient first learned to control a computer avatar with brain signals).
According to the patient himself, he had to relearn movements from scratch. So far he has learned how to walk and stop inside the exoskeleton using the computer program with the avatar. The scientists are known to have implanted two recording devices into the area between the brain and the skull.
These devices read signals from the sensorimotor cortex of the brain. Each element of this receiving system transmits brain signals. They are then interpreted by an algorithm and turned into the movement the patient has thought about. In other words, it is a system that sends physical commands carried out by the exoskeleton.
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