News tagged with arm signals
Wag the Robot? Brown scientists build robot that responds to human gestures
Mar 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine a day when you turn to your own personal robot, give it a task and then sit down and relax, confident that your robot is doing exactly what you wanted it to do.
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New surgical technique shows promise for improving function of artificial arms
Feb 10, 2009 |
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A surgical technique known as targeted muscle reinnervation appears to enable patients with arm amputations to have improved control of functions with an artificial arm, according to a study in the February 11 issue of JAMA.
The bionic arm is the future of prosthetics, and it's here today
Oct 07, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Alberta Health Services' Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital is pioneering a major advancement in upper-limb amputation surgery and rehabilitation with the Canadian debut of the Targeted Muscle Reinnervation ...
A vast right arm conspiracy? Study suggests handedness may effect body perception
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 04, 2009 |
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There are areas in the brain devoted to our arms, legs, and various parts of our bodies. The way these areas are distributed throughout the brain are known as "body maps" and there are some significant differences in these ...
Woman outfitted with robotic arm
Sep 14, 2006 |
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The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago has fitted a woman who lost her arm in a motorcycle accident with a robotic replacement.
STMicroelectronics and ARM Team Up to Power Next-Generation Home Entertainment
Oct 28, 2009 |
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STMicroelectronics, one of the world’s leading set-top-box chip makers, and ARM, announced today that ST has adopted the ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore processor, in addition to the Mali-400 graphics processor, for its upcoming set-top-box ...
Watch, Listen, and Feel Movies with a Haptics Jacket
Mar 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes you may feel a shiver go up your spine as you're watching a chilling movie scene, but a new jacket can actually give you a real shiver. The haptics jacket, designed by scientists ...
Brain2Robot
Nov 12, 2007 |
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People who suffer from paralysis are confronted with many situations in which they need a helping hand.
Reading the brain without poking it
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Experimental devices that read brain signals have helped paralyzed people use computers and may let amputees control bionic limbs. But existing devices use tiny electrodes that poke into the brain. Now, a ...
Mind over matter: Monkey feeds itself using its brain
May 28, 2008 |
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A monkey has successfully fed itself with fluid, well-controlled movements of a human-like robotic arm by using only signals from its brain, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine report in the journal ...
Thinking makes it so: Science extends reach of prosthetic arms
Nov 11, 2007 |
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Motorized prosthetic arms can help amputees regain some function, but these devices take time to learn to use and are limited in the number of movements they provide.
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