The article reports on the development efforts by researchers from Southern Methodist University (SMU) for a fiber optic interface to offer lighting-fast connections between robotic limbs and the human brain, as of September 20, 2010. Other entities involved in the research efforts include the U....
The article reports on the development efforts by researchers from Southern Methodist University (SMU) for a fiber optic interface to offer lighting-fast connections between robotic limbs and the human brain, as of September 20, 2010. Other entities involved in the research efforts include the U....
A grand challenge in BCI research is to develop less invasive or even totallynoninvasive technologythat would allow paralyzed patients to control their environment or robotic limbs using their own "thoughts." Such noninvasive BCI technology, if successful, would bring such much needed technology to ...
However, restoringmotor controland sensation from an assistive device in a natural way remains a scientific "holy grail" due to the complexity of the problem such as fully understanding and restoring the myriad of distinctly different sensations of touch for object friction, moisture, temperature, pa...
Table 2 Glossary of terms concerning type of assistance Term Description Active device A device able to move limbs. Under such condition, this device requires active actuators which may increase the weight. It may also apply to subjects completely unable to move their limb. Passive device A ...
In order to solve the inverse kinematics (IK) of complex manipulators efficiently, a hybrid equilibrium optimizer slime mould algorithm (EOSMA) is proposed. Firstly, the concentration update operator of the equilibrium optimizer is used to guide the anisotropic search of the slime mould algorithm to...
The workstation enabled the operator to observe the camera feed, manipulate the robotic limbs, and simultaneously receive video input from external sources. Successful fibreoptic intubation was achieved using both the oral and nasal approaches. It took 7...
4a, b, d. The mechanism is closed before the user starts to stand such that the interface comes into contact with the shank to prevent the lower limbs from buckling. The mechanism then opens after the user stands straight so that it does not hinder the walking movements. The details of ...
When an exoskeleton is utilized, the clinician provides assistance and stabilization in a better ergonomic position either laterally or posteriorly while in standing. This posture and body position results in significantly less strain and physical demand compared to manually assisting limbs described ...
At the same time, he continually ran into evidence of a prejudice against people like him. “My father told me this story about how, shortly after my limbs were amputated, a person came up to him in the hospital and said, ‘Oh, I’m so sorry. He wasn’t married, was he?’ I ha...