A robotic leg, born without prior knowledge, learns to walk
AI-controlled robotic limb driven by animal-like tendons can be tripped and recover before the next foot step, though not programmed to do so.... Read More...
neuroprosthetics
New Prosthetic Restores the Sense of Where Your Hand Is
A new prosthetic hand enables amputees to regain a subtle, close to natural, sense of touch.... Read More...
How the Brain Responds to Texture
A new study reports neurons in the somatosensory cortex respond differently to various features of a surface, creating a high dimensional representation of texture in the brain. The findings could help develop neuroprosthetics capable of identifying textures in greater detail.... Read More...
Brain Hand Map is Maintained in Amputees with and Without Phantom Limb Sensations
A new MRI study reveals the brain retains neural 'fingerprints' of a missing hand, decades after amputation and regardless of whether the person experiences phantom limb sensations. ... Read More...
Learning Transistor Mimics the Brain
Researchers have developed an evolvable electrochemical transistor which has the ability to learn. The transistor is equipped with the ability for both long and short term memory. The new technology is a major step towards machine learning that utilizes organic electronics, the researchers report. ... Read More...
New Techniques Show Prosthetics Users Rely on Intact Limb
A new study that utilized electronic sensors discovered prosthesis users rely more heavily on their intact limbs to perform every tasks in their daily lives.... Read More...
‘Music of Speech’ Linked to Brain Area Unique to Humans
Researchers reveal the area of the brain that controls our voice box, allowing us to alter the pitch of our speech. The insight could pave the way for advancing neuroprosthetics to allow people who can't speak, to express themselves in a naturalistic way.... Read More...
New ‘E-Dermis’ Brings Sense of Touch, Pain to Prosthetic Hands
Researchers have developed a new electronic skin that can allow amputees to perceive touch sensations via their prosthesis. The technology, dubbed e-dermis, can recreate the sense of touch and pain by sensing stimuli and relaying impulses back to peripheral nerves.... Read More...
Surgical Technique Improves Sensation and Control of Prosthetic Limbs
Researchers have developed a new neural interface that is able to relay commands from the central nervous system to a robotic prosthesis.... Read More...
Artificial Nerve System Gives Prosthetic Devices and Robots a Sense of Touch
Researchers have created an artificial nervous system that may give prosthetics and robots reflexes and the ability to sense touch. The system is sensitive enough to identify letters in the Braille alphabet.... Read More...
Brain Activity Patterns Underlying Fluent Speech Identified
Findings about how the speech center is organized and how fluid speech occurs could lead to the development of neuroprosthetics capable of translating thoughts into speech, researchers report.... Read More...
Self Tuning Brain Implant Could Help Treat Parkinson’s Patients
Researchers have developed a new deep brain stimulation device that is able to use feedback from the brain to fine tune its signal. The device could help those with Parkinson's disease.... Read More...