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Third arm controlled with thoughts

A robotic arm controlled by brain signals translated with an special wearable device

26-Jul-2018

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Controlled a robotic arm while own arms busy doing something else.

Chair had a human-like robotic arm attached to it.

Participants wore an electrode cap to control arm.

Brain signals decoded to tell fake hand to grasp a bottle.

At the same time, user was balancing a ball on a board.

The study was published in Science Robotics journal.

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Science Robotics

Journal providing information in the field of robotics

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