Elon Musk’s Secretive Brain Tech Company Debuts a Sophisticated Neural Implant
Neuralink says it can robotically implant more than 3,000 flexible-polymer electrodes in a rat or monkey brain. The device is still a long way from
Category : Hard Bionics
Breakthrough gives artificial muscles superhuman strength
Putting “socks” on artificial muscles made from inexpensive materials helps them produce 40 times more flex than human muscle, a global research project has found,
‘Uncanny Valley’: Brain network evaluates robot likeability
Scientists have identified mechanisms in the human brain that could help explain the phenomenon of the ‘Uncanny Valley’ – the unsettling feeling we get from
Tripping grad students over and over for science (and better prosthetic limbs)
Prosthetic limbs are getting better, but not as quickly as you’d think. They’re not as smart as our real limbs, which (directed by the brain)
Tailor-made prosthetic liners could help more amputees walk again
Researchers at the University of Bath have developed a new way of designing and manufacturing bespoke prosthetic liners, in less than a day. This potentially
Toward a human-like soft robotic hand
The development of human-interactive soft-robotic technologies could undoubtedly have a strong positive impact on our daily life. Currently, numerous applications such as automatic home-use robots,
First-ever successful mind-controlled robotic arm without brain implants
A team of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, in collaboration with the University of Minnesota, has made a breakthrough in the field of noninvasive robotic
Students restore motion to five-year-old boy’s arms
His arms paralyzed by a rare virus three years ago, Max Ng has struggled to push, pull and poke his way through the world with
ReStore exosuit, the first soft robotic system for stroke therapy gets FDA clearance
Image: ReWalk Robotics Stroke is a leading cause of disability, which affects approximately 17 million people worldwide each year, and as many as 80% of
First-of-its-kind platform aims to rapidly advance prosthetics
A new open-source, artificially intelligent prosthetic leg designed by researchers at the University of Michigan and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab is now available to the scientific