New robotic hand ‘can feel’
A team of scientists from Italy and Sweden has developed what is believed to be the first artificial hand that has feeling. It has been attached to the arm of a 22-year-old man who lost his own hand through cancer. Researchers say it works by connecting human nerve endings with tiny electronic sensors.
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NERVOUS CONTROL OF ROBOTIC ARM- BCI and PROSTHETIC PROJECT
Project CPR4 (Prerolandic Cortex, Area 4) From FAUSTO D’AGOSTINO, an idea of Guido Marino (Student of Medicine, University of L’Aquila); programming of Salvo Enrico (Student of IT Engineering, University of L’Aquila); General help and support camera work and editing video, from Fausto D’Agostino (Student of Medicine, University of L’Aquila). Preliminary tests in the control of a simple robotic arm with a low-cost BCI, to arrive in the future to a stable, usable system for a non-invasive, low-cost brain controlled humanly sized and usable robot arm for the disabled. A BCI (Brain-Computer Interface) is an interface that makes possible for the computer to detect various types of electric signals of the brain and nerves. In this case it’s visible as skin contact electrodes on the controlling subject’s forehead. The BCI used is the publicly available “OCZ NIA”. This will be probably be upgraded with self made gear or an “Emotiv Epoc” interface, to get the necessary degrees of freedom controls. The software used, for now, is simply the NIA drivers to simulate mouse and keyboard input. Soon a better quality video will be available.
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