Amputee controls prosthetic arms by thinking about them [video]
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Re: Amputee controls prosthetic arms by thinking about them [video]
#2Ok, that was fucking cool.
Re: Amputee controls prosthetic arms by thinking about them [video]
#3Holy crap, after 40 years without hands he can pick objects and manipulate them with relative dexterity.
I wonder could the hands be scaled up to a point where he could drive a "man-dozer" and be a one man construction company :)
Re: Amputee controls prosthetic arms by thinking about them [video]
#4Summary of the technique:
1. Surgically reconfigure amputees nerves that once controlled the arm and the hand so they are compatible with their pattern recognition scheme
2. Teach the pattern recognition system to respond to patients neural stimuli to said nerves : “We use pattern recognition algorithms to identify individual muscles that are contracting, how well they communicate with each other, and their amplitude and frequency,” Chi explained. “We take that information and translate that into actual movements within a prosthetic.”
3. Attach the robotic hands to the patient.
Re: Amputee controls prosthetic arms by thinking about them [video]
#5Here is what I keep thinking when I see these prosthetics.
After you train to control the arm while it's attached, can you more it around regardless of it being actually connected to your shoulder (assuming of course the sensors stay in place) and move it around like thing.
Re: Amputee controls prosthetic arms by thinking about them [video]
#6Here is what I keep thinking when I see these prosthetics. After you train to control the arm while it's attached, can you more it around regardless of it being actually connected to your shoulder (assuming of course the sensors stay in place) and move it around like thing.
Must not have watched the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NOncx2jU0Q#t=250
This part of the video shows the arms are not attached. I'm sure he was trained to use the arms when they were not on him first.
Re: Amputee controls prosthetic arms by thinking about them [video]
#7This is amazing.
There is no direct connection to his brain, so he may not b controlling the arms by just 'thinking'. It looks like almost using smaller muscles to control the arms, but using the nerve connections themselves. Also, he controls one pivot per action - so he moves the shoulder, then the forearm, then the hand, then the fingers with rests between each step.
Re: Amputee controls prosthetic arms by thinking about them [video]
#8Despite the cool robotics and brain control (nerves to be exact), seeing that guy do the one practical thing, picking up a glass and trying to bring it to his lisp after 40 years, was actually the coolest thing.
Re: Amputee controls prosthetic arms by thinking about them [video]
#9This is amazing. There is no direct connection to his brain, so he may not b controlling the arms by just 'thinking'. It looks like almost using smaller muscles to control the arms, but using the nerve connections themselves. Also, he controls one pivot per action - so he moves the shoulder, then the forearm, then the hand, then the fingers with rests between each step.
This is the one thing I didn't get: if it's mapped to nerves why can't he do two pivots at a time? Is it a limitation of the robotics?
Re: Amputee controls prosthetic arms by thinking about them [video]
#10Amazing that 15 years ago I was watching primates do these things and more with neural implants. Perfect instance where the idea is amazing and revolutionary but the reality is so hard it takes decades if not longer to accomplish.