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This diagram shows how the HAPTIX system can help restore touch sensation to upper limb amputees.

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·May 1, 2014·4 min read

By Restoring Sense of Touch to Amputees, HAPTIX Seeks to Overcome Physical and Psychological Effects of Upper Limb Loss

DARPA's HAPTIX program seeks to provide amputees with natural touch sensations.

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·January 17, 2023·5 min read

Simple Neural Networks Outperform More Complex Systems for Controlling Robotic Prosthetics

Feed-forward neural networks improve speed and provide more accurate control of brain-controlled prosthetic hands and fingers.

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·December 7, 2020·5 min read

Grasping an Object: Model Describes Complete Movement Planning in the Brain

Researchers have developed a new model that represents the planning of movement from seeing an object to grasping it.

This shows the patient controlling the limbs with the bci

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·December 12, 2020·2 min read

Brain Implants Enable Man to Simultaneously Control Two Prosthetic Limbs with ‘Thoughts’

A newly developed simultaneous brain-machine interface allowed a quadriplegic man to control two prosthetic arms with the power of his mind.

Image shows a person with a prosthetic leg on a treadmill.

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·September 28, 2015·4 min read

Tuning on the Move: New Technology Refines Movement of Powered Prosthetics Automatically

Researchers have developed new software that allows powered prosthetics to automatically tune themselves, making the limbs more functionally useful.

This shows a hand in blue covered in microchips.

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·September 14, 2015·3 min read

Feeling Touch with a Prosthetic Hand

Researchers report a person who has been paralyzed for more than a decade has become the first person to be able to 'feel' physical sensations through a prosthetic hand directly connected to his brain.

This is a drawing of a person with a prosthetic arm. You can also see brain implants.

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·November 25, 2014·4 min read

Study Puts More Natural Movement for Artificial Limbs Within Reach

Researchers report their new findings could bring natural movement of prosthetic limbs closer to reality.

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·June 2, 2018·6 min read

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.

The image shows different evoked neural signals.

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·August 7, 2015·3 min read

Brain Friendly Interface Could Change the Way People with Spinal Cord Injuries Lead Their Lives

Researchers have developed a brain friendly extracellular matrix environment that could help change the way people with spinal cord injury and prosthetics lead their lives.

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·February 7, 2022·5 min read

Hybrid Machine-Learning Approach Gives a Hand to Prosthetic-Limb Gesture Accuracy

Researchers have developed a novel hybrid machine learning approach to muscle gesture recognition in prosthetic arms.

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·April 30, 2018·6 min read

Editing Brain Activity with Holography

Researchers use holographic projection into the brain to activate and suppress neurons. The technology has the ability to copy real patterns of brain activity and trick the brain into perceiving sensory information. The technology could have implications for the development of new prosthetics and brain implants.

This shows the researcher with a patient

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·July 21, 2020·4 min read

Spinal Stimulators Repurposed to Restore Touch in Lost Limb

Spinal cord stimulation restores the sense of feeling of limbs lost to amputation.

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prosthetics

By Restoring Sense of Touch to Amputees, HAPTIX Seeks to Overcome Physical and Psychological Effects of Upper Limb Loss

Simple Neural Networks Outperform More Complex Systems for Controlling Robotic Prosthetics

Grasping an Object: Model Describes Complete Movement Planning in the Brain

Brain Implants Enable Man to Simultaneously Control Two Prosthetic Limbs with ‘Thoughts’

Tuning on the Move: New Technology Refines Movement of Powered Prosthetics Automatically

Feeling Touch with a Prosthetic Hand

Study Puts More Natural Movement for Artificial Limbs Within Reach

Surgical Technique Improves Sensation and Control of Prosthetic Limbs

Brain Friendly Interface Could Change the Way People with Spinal Cord Injuries Lead Their Lives

Hybrid Machine-Learning Approach Gives a Hand to Prosthetic-Limb Gesture Accuracy

Editing Brain Activity with Holography

Spinal Stimulators Repurposed to Restore Touch in Lost Limb

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